A Gambrills man who sued Anne Arundel County over a 2019 encounter with police was arrested on Aug. 13 after investigators say he kicked and spat on officers while being arrested following a suspected road rage incident.

After the confrontation and a subsequent search of his home, Daniel James Jarrells, 30, was charged with 10 counts of second-degree assault, 14 firearm offenses and seven other charges.

Currently held without bond, Jarrells is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Sept. 13 in Annapolis District Court.

An attorney has not yet been assigned to his case, according to the Maryland Judiciary.

Jarrells’ arrest comes just more than a month after his $75,000 lawsuit against the county was settled in federal court.

Jarrells sued Anne Arundel County and several police detectives in the summer of 2020, claiming he had been arrested “without any legitimate” cause. His complaint also accused arresting officers of kneeling on his neck, though the county maintained its personnel were on top of his shoulder.

Details of the settlement were not publicly available in court records or through the county. While Anne Arundel spokesperson Renesha Alphonso said no officers admitted liability in the case, she acknowledged it “had the potential for an adverse verdict.” A settlement, Alphonso said, “would minimize any additional liability of the county.”

Attorneys from Joseph, Greenwald & Laake in Greenbelt, who represented Jarrells in the lawsuit, did not respond to an email request for comment.

Jarrells’ arrested last weekend stemmed from a suspected road rage incident on Waugh Chapel Road. A motorist reported to police that a man driving a gray sports car with tinted windows and an “unknown circular emblem” sped past him before stopping at April Dawn Way and Maytime Drive.

The motorist then “asked” the man in the sports car “why they were speeding,” according to charging documents, and the passenger responded by pointing a black and brown handgun and telling them to “move on,” police wrote.

A passenger riding with the accusing motorist confirmed a description of the armed driver and the style of his firearm, according to charging documents.

Cpl. Chris Anderson, a department spokesperson, said he did not know what was said between the two drivers. He also could not confirm whether the motorist who called police had followed the suspect’s vehicle from Waugh Chapel Road.

As officers interviewed the accusing motorist and his passenger, multiple units arrived to conduct a search of April Dawn Way. The motorist had told police the sports car had not left the neighborhood.

During their search, officers found a gray Alfa Romeo matching the description given to them. As police looked the vehicle over, Jarrells came out of his house and engaged in “a consensual encounter” with the officers, police state in their charging documents. Police said the clothes Jarrells wore matched the description the motorist had given them.

Police then arrested Jarrells, who “became uncooperative” when placed in handcuffs. Police say Jarrells kicked and spit at four officers despite having a hard cast on a broken leg. Officers wrote in charging documents that Jarrells was seen kicking officers “multiple times,” including in the groin.

Jarrells was taken to the ground and a cage car was called. At one point, while pinned, Jarrells said he could not breathe, police wrote, and he was repositioned. When moved, however, Jarrells started kicking again, police said.

When put into the vehicle, Jarrells started kicking the door and bars, causing damage he was later charged for. Jarrells was taken to an area hospital for treatment of his injuries, according to charging documents. No officers were injured, Anderson said.

The Capital has filed a public information request to review all body-camera footage related to Jarrells’ arrest.

After transporting Jarrells, police then executed a search warrant on his home.

Searching an upstairs bedroom, police found a loaded black and brown handgun, a wallet with Jarrells’ identification card and a small bag containing what they suspected to be cocaine, according to charging documents. Police said the serial number on the handgun had been obliterated.

Police said they also found a short-barrel AR-15 semiautomatic rifle with no serial number, a shotgun and two other handguns in the house. The serial number on one of the handguns was also obliterated, police said.

Jarrells faces two counts of first-degree assault and reckless endangerment, 10 counts of second-degree assault, one malicious destruction of property charge, 14 firearm offenses and two drug charges.

Police wrote in charging documents that Jarrells is prohibited from possessing any firearms and ammunition after a 2014 firearm conviction in Washington and two convictions in Anne Arundel County, one for underage possession of a firearm and another for second-degree assault.