{"id":833278,"date":"2026-05-30T22:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/833278\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T22:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:55:13","slug":"warrants-jacksonville-man-facing-several-charges-following-attempted-assaults-with-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/833278\/","title":{"rendered":"WARRANTS: Jacksonville man facing several charges following attempted assaults with vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">The above video is our WITN+ livestream and may not reflect the content in this story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) &#8211; A Jacksonville man is facing multiple charges after warrants say he attempted to assault several individuals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to warrants, 42-year-old Erasto Santana was arrested Friday after warrants say he was speeding on Highway NC 53. Warrants go on to say he attempted assault on three individuals with a motor vehicle, one being an officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Court documents show Santana has an extensive record of DWIs, speeding, and driving without a license. Court documents say Jacksonville Police, Onslow County Sheriff\u2019s Department, and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol were involved in a chase with Santana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to court documents, Santana was arrested for several charges through the Jacksonville Police Department and the Onslow County Sheriff\u2019s Department:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>2 counts of communicating threats<\/li>\n<li>3 counts of assault with a deadly weapon<\/li>\n<li>One count of misuse of the 911 system<\/li>\n<li>One count of fail to heed light or siren<\/li>\n<li>One count of hit and run leaving scene with property damage<\/li>\n<li>One count of fail maintain lane control<\/li>\n<li>One count of improper use of traffic lane<\/li>\n<li>One count of fail to stop at steady red light<\/li>\n<li>One count of mobile phone violation with motor vehicle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Warrants say Santana was released from the Onslow County Jail on Saturday under secured bonds totaling to $95,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Santana\u2019s first court appearance is scheduled for Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WITN. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The above video is our WITN+ livestream and may not reflect the content in this story. ONSLOW COUNTY,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":833279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,341734,3188,723,7310,341736,806,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,341735,36907],"class_list":["post-833278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-erasto-santana","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-jacksonville","tag-north-carolina-state-highway-patrol","tag-onslow-county","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-vehicle-assault","tag-witn"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}