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SUBJECT OF RELEASE: Fleeing and Eluding Arrest
DATE AND TIME: Approximately 4:44 P.M. on Wednesday, June 25, 2014
LOCATION: Reynolds Township

Montcalm County Sheriff’s Deputies engaged in a pursuit on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 that ended with the arrest of the suspect. The suspect, a 54 year old man from Detroit, was lodged on a charge of Fleeing and Eluding and an outstanding warrant for a probation violation out of Wayne County. The suspect may be facing additional charges as a result of his actions.

At approximately 4:44 P.M. the deputy assigned to Howard City and staff with the Montcalm County Emergency Medical Services were sent to a report of a subject slumped over in his vehicle that was parked in a parking lot of Bethel Lutheran Church located in the 18000 block of West Howard City-Edmore Road. Medical staff arrived first and contacted the subject later identified as the Detroit man. Medical staff tried to speak with the suspect however he drove away. As he was leaving the parking lot, the suspect’s vehicle struck a member of the medical staff; however the medic was not injured.

The deputy arrived in the area and began to search for the suspect vehicle, a 1998 Chevrolet S-10 pickup, and located it on Almy Road near Amy School Road. The deputy initiated a traffic stop however the suspect fled from the deputy. The pursuit led through the back roads of Reynolds Township where the suspect drove in excess of 85 Mph and disregard stop signs. The suspect eventually pulled over on the on ramp of north bound U.S. 131at M-82

The suspect will be arraigned later today in 64B District Court.