COLORADO CITY, Arizona (ABC4) — Officers arrested a man for allegedly threatening an officer and using an electric chainsaw on a patrol vehicle.

According to the Colorado City-Hildale City Police Department, they arrested a man, identified as David Lawrance Stubbs Jr., earlier this week, after he allegedly escalated a traffic stop and damaged a patrol vehicle in an attempt to evade arrest.

On October 20, 2025, around 8:25 p.m., a Colorado City-Hildale City officer conducted a traffic stop for a traffic infraction in Colorado City, Arizona. The driver, identified as Stubbs, reportedly refused to prove his driver's license or exit the vehicle.

The officer also learned that Stubbs had an active felony warrant in Arizona.

Stubbs allegedly escalated the situation, resisting the arrest. He a

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