Goodyear Man Charged With DUI, Aggravated Assault After Crashing Into DPS Trooper

January 2, 2021 ADI Staff Reporter
Collision on I-10 EB near Bullard Avenue on Dec. 28, 2020 [Photo courtesy AZDPS]

A Goodyear man, Christian D. Reiling, as taken into custody after he crashed his vehicle into an Arizona Department of Public Safety patrol vehicle.

According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS), a trooper was seated in his patrol vehicle finishing up a traffic stop on the shoulder of eastbound I-10 near Bullard Avenue when he was rear-ended by the 25-year-old Reiling driving pickup truck, on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, at about 9:25 p.m.

The force of the crash pushed the trooper’s patrol vehicle into the back of the SUV stopped in front of him.

The occupants of the SUV sustained only minor injuries.

The trooper was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Reiling was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on the following charges:

  • Aggravated assault – serious physical injury (1 count)
  • Criminal damage – deface (2 counts)
  • DUI – liquor/drugs/vapors/combo (1 count)
  • Drug paraphernalia – possession/use (1 count)
  • Aggravated assault – deadly weapon/dangerous instrument (3 counts)
  • Narcotic drug – possession/use (1 count)
  • Endangerment (2 counts)
  • DUI/drugs/metabolite (1 count)
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