Two men face charges that include aggravated assault and arson in connection with hurling an explosive device at an occupied Mesa police vehicle.
Police allege that Christopher Byassee, 57, and Christopher Jones, 55, were responsible in the Nov. 12 incident that sent an officer to a hospital. The officer has been released from medical care.
Surveillance footage from a nearby home “captured the device being ignited and intentionally thrown toward the patrol vehicle,” police stated in a release. A flame was seen “as the device traveled toward the vehicle, where it detonated, resulting in a loud explosion.”
