Police: Officer injured after scuffle with Iowa man who has history of harassment, eluding

A central Iowa man with a history of eluding and harassment led police on another chase, leaving the responding officer with minor facial injuries.

Jason Calder Ogletree, 33, was jailed Thursday after leading Urbandale police on a chase that eventually ended with a scuffle in a backyard in the 7000 block of Palm Drive. Officers attempted to stop his black 2016 Chevy Silverado because he had active warrants, but Ogletree sped away, reaching 51 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone. He eventually ran from the car into the backyard, where he was tackled by an officer. 

During the struggle, the officer's face was cut and he was left with a bump on his head. The 6-foot, 200-pound Ankeny man was arrested and charged with eluding, operating while license is denied, suspended or revoked, and interference with official acts inflicting bodily injury. His license was revoked Oct. 12 for a 2017 eluding charge. 

Ogletree has had many brushes with the law, court records show, mostly aggravated and serious misdemeanors to which he pleaded down and avoided prison time.

He had been accused in November 2015 of telling a Des Moines woman he would kill her and sending her pictures of firearms, according to court documents. A no-contact order was granted but further details weren't readily available. That same week, police came to his Ankeny home for a "warrant check," but he did not answer, instead telling the officers knocking on his door that he would shoot them.

When the officers were leaving the apartment complex, Ogletree opened his window and again threatened them. He would plead guilty to two counts of third-degree harassment and was fined. 

On Oct. 13, 2017 he was arrested and received another harassment charge for berating an employee who worked at his Ankeny apartment and saying he was going to shoot that person. He plead guilty to first-degree harassment and was fined and given a two-year suspended sentence and probation. He eventually had that probation revoked in September 2018. 

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Two weeks later he allegedly cursed out and threatened a man who parked in front of a fire hydrant near his apartment complex. The victim said Ogletree had a hammer and wood chisel and drew it back "like he was going to stab" him. He was charged with assault while displaying a dangerous weapon but pleaded down to first-degree harassment and was handed a fine, a suspended two-year prison sentence, probation and was ordered to take assaultive behavior classes. That probation was also revoked in 2018. 

Days later, on Oct. 31 2017, he was charged with eluding after leading Ankeny police on a short chase. He plead guilty and was given a suspended one-year prison sentence, a fine and probation.

Less than a week after that, the morning of Nov. 2, he was stopped by Polk City police for a warrant related to his assault charge and had about 6 grams of marijuana in his truck. He plead guilty, receiving a suspended six-month prison sentence, a fine and another year of probation. Two days later in Polk County, he was charged with operating while intoxicated, to which he plead guilty and was given another fine, suspended sentence and probation. 

Nov. 8, 2017, he was accused of domestic abuse, court records show. A no-contact order was enforced, but Ogletree violated that in February 2018, leading to a 30-day jail sentence. 

Olgetree is being jailed on the most recent charges on a $2,000 bond and is next due in court at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 14, 2019.

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