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On July 11, 2026, deputies with the Morgan County Sheriffโs Office responded to the area of Highway 52 and S. Calico Road near Versailles in reference to a potentially suicidal subject.
According to the probable cause statement, two reporting parties were attempting to transport Ronald Belcher III to the hospital. They reported Belcher was highly intoxicated by alcohol, making suicidal statements, acting violently, and attempting to jump from a moving vehicle.
At approximately 3:09 a.m., deputies contacted a white Ford Escape occupied by Belcher and the reporting party in the rear seat. Belcher opened the rear driver-side door, and a deputy engaged him by maintaining control of Belcherโs head to prevent further harm to Belcher and the other occupant. Belcher then attempted to disarm the deputy of his firearm. Deputies reported Belcher was struck several times until he stopped attempting to disarm the deputy.
A deputy deployed a TASER using a four-probe deployment, but neuromuscular incapacitation was not achieved. The report states that Belcher continued spitting at deputies and repeatedly yelled for officers to shoot him. After being handcuffed, deputies reported that Belcher continued making statements that he was going to escalate the situation by fighting or biting deputies.
Belcher was then brought to a seated position so Mid-Mo Ambulance personnel could evaluate him at the scene. While seated, deputies reported Belcher grabbed a deputy multiple times and unsuccessfully attempted to flee from his position on the ground.
According to the probable cause statement, Belcher had sustained an injury before law enforcement arrived. The report states a stick was protruding from the right side of his head near his ear. The total length of the stick was unknown, but approximately one inch was visible. Deputies reported Belcher refused to cooperate or be transported to the hospital while at the scene. According to the report, Belcher insisted he should be killed or incarcerated.
Officers with the Versailles Police Department arrived to assist. A spit hood and leg shackles were applied without further incident, and Belcher was escorted to a patrol vehicle and transported to the jail. From the jail, transport officers took Belcher for a fit-for-confinement review and medical evaluation of his injury.
The probable cause statement states the deputy sustained minor scratches to both wrists and forearms but did not require medical attention. The two reporting parties denied being injured and declined medical treatment.
Belcher is now charged with resisting arrest and assault in the fourth degree.
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