An arrest warrant has been issued for a former Clinton man who moved to China after being charged with a felony six years ago.

Prosecutors charged Michael S. Farrens, 38, in Island County Superior Court March 25 with bail jumping, which could mean a prison term if he’s convicted.

The judge approved a $25,000 arrest warrant for Farrens.

Chief Criminal Prosecutor Eric Ohme said Farrens hired an attorney to get his bail lifted from the previous case so that he could fly back to the U.S. without getting into trouble with the Chinese government. He had agreed to show up for a hearing in superior court but never did.

Farrens has been a critic of the Island County Sheriff’s Office and claimed in the past that deputies tried to “railroad” him. He was banned from the sheriff’s Facebook page for trolling and posted a video on YouTube criticizing a deputy.

In 2013, Rick Norrie, a former deputy and Coupeville marshal, clocked Farrens speeding in the Clinton area. Norrie pursued him through dense fog until Farrens arrived at his home.

Norrie and another deputy pulled him from his car. Farrens allegedly head butted Norrie in the face while he was being placed in a seat belt in the back of Norrie’s car, the report states.

“The defendant also implied his wife was a known Chinese mafia associate and would end my life for the injustice served him,” Norrie wrote.

At the time, Farrens alleged that the deputies had followed him, not pursued him. He claimed he head butted Norrie because the deputies were assaulting him.

A breathalyzer test showed that he was not intoxicated.

Prosecutors charged Farrens with assault in the third degree and felony eluding eight months after the incident. By that time, Farrens had moved to China.