WYANDOTTE COUNTY. – The sex offender injured in an officer-involved critical incident in Kansas City, Kansas, was released from the hospital and then booked into jail, according to a media release from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
On Oct. 2, Roberto Pineda, 47, of Kansas City, Kansas was released from KU Medical Center and immediately booked into the Wyandotte County Detention Center.
Just after midnight on Sept. 29, a suspect fled during a traffic stop and ran over a KCKPD officer's foot. Officers began searching for the suspect and the black Buick Regal he drove.
Preliminary information indicates that Tuesday around 4:15 p.m., KCKPD officers learned the vehicle was in a parking lot of a business in the 2900 block of State Ave., in Kansas City, Kansas. A marked patrol vehicle initiated its emergency lights and officers gave the man verbal commands to exit the vehicle. The man, later identified as Roberto Pineda, 47, of Kansas City, Kansas, exited and ran from officers. Two officers chased Pineda. As they caught up to him, a physical struggle ensued.
During the altercation Pineda grabbed ahold of an officer's firearm on his gun belt. While Pineda attempted to gain control of the gun, the officer used a knife and stabbed Pineda multiple times. During the struggle the other officer struck Pineda with a baton. Once Pineda released his hold from the gun, officers were able to place him in handcuffs and render medical aid.
The officer's hand was broken during the struggle. Both Pineda and the officer were transported to KU Medical Center for treatment.
Pineda was arrested for aggravated battery against a law enforcement officer for an altercation that occurred just after midnight on Sept. 29, when he fled a traffic stop and ran over a Kansas City, Kansas Police Department officer's foot.
Additional charges are expected from the later officer-involved critical incident, that the KBI is investigating, where both Pineda and a KCKPD officer were injured.
Pineda has been listed as a sex offender since a conviction for rape of a 13-year-old in 1999, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections.