DOUGLAS COUNTY – A man who allegedly injured a police officer by dragging him with his vehicle as he fled a traffic stop in Lawrence is in custody.

Aramis Neal Hernandez, 36, was located and arrested on Tuesday by an out-of-state agency on a Kansas warrant for Aggravated Battery of a Law Enforcement Officer, according to a media release.

Just before 5 p.m. on July 5, a Lawrence police officer stopped a white Ford Fusion with a Missouri license plate.

Hernandez fled the area, dragging the officer on the street with his vehicle, according to police.

The officer was treated in a local hospital for injuries that weren’t life-threatening.

The day after the incident, police found the vehicle