University City Driver Charged With DWI, Assaulting State Trooper

A University City man faces criminal charges after Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper reported that he tried to stop the driver for weaving, and pursued his car from Interstate 70 at Interstate 270 into St. Charles County and back into St. Louis County.

Michael Montgomery, 30, of the 800 block of Barkley Square in University City, was charged March 29 with second-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, driving while intoxicated as a prior offender, driving without a license, failing to yield to an emergency vehicle and failure to drive in a single lane.

Montgomery eventually crashed his car on eastbound Pershall Road near New Halls Ferry Road, according to a court document.

The trooper said in a report that Montgomery showed signs of intoxication and “became belligerent before sobriety tests” and began fighting with the patrolman.

Montgomery had a prior DWI conviction, and his driver’s license had been suspended, according to court documents.

Montgomery is being held in the St. Louis County Justice Center. Bail was set at $25,000, cash only.

He is on probation after being found guilty in 2010 on a possession or discharge of a loaded firearm while intoxicated.

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