Casey Ervin, 28, was arrested on multiple charges Wednesday, including felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, misdemeanor driving with a suspended license, and at least three counts of aggravated drug possession out of Champaign County.
Cruiser cam shows Ervin on the ground as a officer approaches him with his gun pointed.
Ervin then put his hands behind his back, enabling the officer to take him into custody.
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A driver who refused to stop for a traffic violation in Madison County on Wednesday afternoon prompted a police pursuit that ended with his arrest nearly 14 miles later in Clark County.
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The 19-minute chase that reached speeds of 80 mph began when Casey Ervin, 28, turned from Main Street onto Old Springfield Road just after 3 p.m., London police Sgt. Keith Akers said.
A London police officer began following the Land Rover when it went way left of center after the turn, Akers said. The driver pulled over for a few seconds, then sped west along London Plattsburg Road, crossed state Route 54 and continued on London Plattsburg Road.
Clark County Sheriff’s deputies assisted and they, along with London police, stopped the SUV in the 6800 block of Plattsburg Road in South Charleston, Clark County.
Ervin was taken into custody there. A female passenger, identified as his girlfriend, was released, Akers said.
Ervin has been booked into the Tri-County Regional Jail in Mechanicsburg on several charges that include felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, misdemeanor driving with a suspended license, and at least three counts of aggravated drug possession out of Champaign County.
Akers said Ervin’s address is listed “at large” and he is known to stay anywhere between Hillsboro, Springfield and London.
Akers also said police are continuing to investigate whether Ervin owns the vehicle he was driving.
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