A KINGSPORT MAN FACES SEVERAL CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO SOLICIT AN UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICER AND THEN DRAGGING THE OFFICER WITH HIM. 23 YEAR OLD BRIAN O’CONNER IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER, FELONY RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, FELONY EVADING ARREST, PATRONIZING PROSTITUTION WITHIN 1.5 MILES OF A SCHOOL AND NO INSURANCE. O’CONNER ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP A PERSON HE THOUGHT WAS A PROSTITUTE ON WEST SULLIVAN STREET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHEN CONNER WAS TOLD HE WAS UNDER ARREST, HE ATTEMPTED TO FLEE IN HIS VEHICLE, THROWING THE OFFICER FROM THE CAR. O’CONNER LATER TURNED HIMSELF INTO POLICE. THE CONDITION OF THE OFFICER IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.