A Vancouver man who allegedly intentionally rammed a Vancouver police corporal’s patrol vehicle, injuring him and disabling the vehicle, was in court Friday to be formally charged.
Robert Leroy Legg, 37, pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault, possession of a stolen vehicle and attempting to elude police in connection with the Jan. 21, 2018, incident. He was extradited to Clark County from Oregon on a warrant.
Legg has been serving a 22-month sentence in the Oregon State Penitentiary since March 2018, after he was convicted in Clackamas County of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, attempting to elude police and recklessly endangering another person, online records show.
At about 9:15 p.m., police were responding for a vehicle confirmed to have been stolen out of Oregon. The white Toyota Yaris turned into the Market Place Apartments, 2900 General Anderson Ave., where it was located by a Vancouver police corporal. Legg drove the Toyota at the patrol vehicle, striking it hard enough to injure the officer and disable his vehicle, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
