Michael Paul Williams is being held on $15,000 bail in the Montgomery County Jail. He is charged with two counts of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer; one count of assault; three counts of receiving stolen property; one count of vandalism, all felonies, and one misdemeanor theft charge, court records show.
He is next due in court Jan. 11.
UPDATE @ 3:21 p.m. (Dec. 21)
The man arrested accused of shoplifting from an Englewood Walmart and fleeing from police in a stolen vehicle out of Clark County before causing a crash has been indicted on multiple charges.
Michael Paul Williams, 40, was indicted on two counts of failure, three counts of receiving stolen property, and single counts of assault of a police officer, petty theft and vandalism to government property, according to court records.
Williams was in custody as of Thursday and will be arraigned on Dec. 26.
UPDATE @ 11:20 p.m.A man arrested on suspicion of shoplifting from a Walmart before ramming into a police cruiser at a Meijer gas station is in the Montgomery County Jail.
Michael Paul Williams, 40, is being detained pending the filing of formal charges of receiving stolen property and failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, according to online jail records.
He was arrested in the area of Brandt Pike and Fishburg road just before 3:30 p.m., according to online jail records.
INITIAL REPORT
A man suspected of shoplifting at an Englewood Walmart on Tuesday led police on a brief chase after officers learned the getaway car was stolen, police said.
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After the suspect left Walmart, he stopped at a nearby Meijer gas station to get gas for the car, which was stolen, Englewood police said. The police chief, who was in the area, spotted the car and he attempted to blocked it in with his vehicle.
However, the suspect backed into the chief’s car hard and sped off, prompting the chase, which ended on Brandt Pike in Huber Heights a short time later, police said.
The suspect has been apprehended but his identity had not been released.
No other information was immediately available. But we will continue to follow this story and bring you the latest information as it becomes available.
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