Police: Man jumps out of trunk, assaults officer and Burger King employees

A Mitchell man was arrested in Beresford on Thursday night for assaulting a police officer, according to authorities.

Kenneth Charles Edward, 36, led police on a foot chase across Beresford around 9 p.m. Thursday that ended at Burger King, according to Beresford Police Chief Larry Christensen.

The chase started at the Carlson Body Shop in downtown Beresford when a vehicle involved in an interstate crash was towed. The towman assumed the car was unattended, but when the vehicle was brought in, Edward jumped out of the trunk and ran away, Christensen said.

The vehicle was reported stolen from Mitchell, where Edward also had a warrant out for his arrest regarding a parole violation, Christensen said.

Police found Edward near Truck Towne Plaza and intended to arrest him there, but he punched a police officer in the face and ran toward the Burger King down 297th Street. He then jumped over the counter at the Burger King and assaulted three employees. He attempted to take a trooper's car but was tasered, Christensen said.

Edward was transported to a Sioux Falls hospital for a collapsed lung, which Christensen believes was from hurdling over the counter at Burger King. Christensen said meth was suspected to be involved as well.

Beresford police, Clay County Sheriff's Office, Union County Sheriff's Office, Alcester police and South Dakota Highway Patrol were involved in the chase.