Repeat DWI Offender Charged After Fleeing Ramsey County Deputies
BY MN CRIME STAFF
A Saint Paul man with a lengthy DWI record is facing charges after allegedly speeding off from an attempted traffic stop, running from deputies and refusing to submit to a breath test.
The incident started around 1 a.m. on Jan. 30 after a Ramsey County sheriff’s deputy on patrol observed a Mazda CX-7 traveling on Forest Street between Reaney and Minnehaha avenues.
A records check showed the license plates were registered to Anthony Marquiz Henderson, 36, who had an active arrest warrant at the time.
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According to the criminal complaint, the deputy activated emergency lights and siren to initiate a traffic stop, but the Mazda driver accelerated away onto Reaney Avenue. The deputy followed as the vehicle turned into an alley, where it lost traction and slid. The driver then exited the vehicle and ran before falling and being taken into custody. He was identified as Henderson, the documents say.
Deputies later determined the license plates displayed on the Mazda actually belonged to a Ford Focus owned by Henderson. His Minnesota driver’s license had been cancelled as inimical to public safety. Investigators reported Henderson smelled strongly of alcohol and several empty beer cans were visible in the rear passenger area of the vehicle.
Henderson was taken to the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center and read the Minnesota breath test advisory. He claimed he didn’t understand the advisory and said he would continue to not understand “no matter what was explained to him,” the documents say. He was given time to contact an attorney but made no attempt to do so. Deputies repeatedly asked Henderson to provide a breath sample, but he refused to respond. While being booked, Henderson allegedly stated he fled because he “did not want to go back to jail.”
Henderson is charged with felony fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle and gross misdemeanor test refusal.
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Court records show he has multiple recent felony and gross misdemeanor cases that remain unresolved. In December 2025, he pled guilty to first-degree driving while impaired in Dakota County. That case stemmed from a May 22, 2025 traffic stop in South Saint Paul after an officer observed Henderson driving well below the posted speed limit, swerving within his lane and crossing the center line multiple times. A preliminary breath test registered at .186. Henderson refused to submit to a breath test and later refused to provide blood or urine samples despite a search warrant, according to the complaint. His license had already been cancelled as inimical to public safety at the time.
In November 2025, Henderson also pled guilty to possession of ammunition by an ineligible person in Ramsey County. That case originated on Dec. 20, 2024 when Saint Paul police responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in the middle of the street for more than an hour near Oxford Street and Englewood Avenue. Officers found Henderson asleep behind the wheel. The vehicle matched a suspect vehicle involved in a shots-fired incident earlier that evening.
Police recovered a loaded revolver from inside the vehicle and obtained Henderson’s DNA after getting a search warrant. A Bureau of Criminal Apprehension lab report found “very strong” support that Henderson’s DNA was present on the firearm and records show he was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition due to a 2018 felony drug conviction in Cook County, Ill.
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Henderson also faces a pending third-degree DWI refusal case from March 28, 2025. In that incident, Saint Paul police encountered him slumped over in the driver’s seat of a vehicle parked at a Holiday gas station on Old Hudson Road for more than an hour. Officers reported multiple open containers inside the vehicle, watery eyes, slurred speech and an odor of alcohol. A preliminary breath test registered at .19. Henderson initially provided one breath sample at the law enforcement center but refused to complete the testing process, according to court records.
His record includes at least two qualified prior impaired driving incidents, including a 2020 DWI conviction in Arkansas and a Minnesota license revocation in March 2025. Minnesota Department of Public Safety records show multiple implied consent revocations in both Arkansas and Minnesota.
If convicted, Henderson faces up to three years and one day in prison for fleeing a peace officer. The test refusal charge carries a potential sentence of up to 364 days in jail.
