A man convicted of robbing a Rankin County gas station has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, court officials said Friday.Dion Lamont Summers, 51, of Wisconsin, was arrested after the Nov. 13, 2017, armed robbery in Richland, but not before he led law enforcement officers on a chase."Summers lost control of the vehicle, which then struck a curb and a street-light pole before coming to a rest in a ditch," prosecutors said in a news release. Officers, with their weapons drawn, ordered Summers out of the vehicle, and when he refused, they tried to pull him out, prosecutors said."While exiting the car, Summers began fighting with law enforcement. He bit one officer on his hand and attempted to bite others before officers were able to safely handcuff him," prosecutors said.Summers later admitted to the robbery, said John K. Bramlett Jr., district attorney for Rankin and Madison counties."Summers is a very dangerous criminal who ran from law enforcement officers at high speeds, injured one of our officers and robbed a gas station clerk at gunpoint," Bramlett said. "He deserves every minute of his sentence in prison."Five years of Summers' 25 year sentence were suspended.

A man convicted of robbing a Rankin County gas station has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, court officials said Friday.

Dion Lamont Summers, 51, of Wisconsin, was arrested after the Nov. 13, 2017, armed robbery in Richland, but not before he led law enforcement officers on a chase.


"Summers lost control of the vehicle, which then struck a curb and a street-light pole before coming to a rest in a ditch," prosecutors said in a news release.

Officers, with their weapons drawn, ordered Summers out of the vehicle, and when he refused, they tried to pull him out, prosecutors said.

"While exiting the car, Summers began fighting with law enforcement. He bit one officer on his hand and attempted to bite others before officers were able to safely handcuff him," prosecutors said.

Summers later admitted to the robbery, said John K. Bramlett Jr., district attorney for Rankin and Madison counties.

"Summers is a very dangerous criminal who ran from law enforcement officers at high speeds, injured one of our officers and robbed a gas station clerk at gunpoint," Bramlett said. "He deserves every minute of his sentence in prison."

Five years of Summers' 25 year sentence were suspended.