A Roland man is facing felony charges of endangering others while eluding/attempting to elude police officers, running a roadblock and knowingly receiving or concealing stolen property after trying to outrun an Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper in a stolen vehicle.
A Roland man is facing felony charges of endangering others while eluding/attempting to elude police officers, running a roadblock and knowingly receiving or concealing stolen property after trying to outrun an Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper in a stolen vehicle.
Tanner C. Lewis, 21, was formally charged on July 8 and received an $8,000 bond. He is now scheduled for a July 22 arraignment with Associate District Judge Kyle Waters in Sequoyah County District Court.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Clint Craft reported on June 30 at around 1:30 a.m. he was working U.S. Interstate-40 when he observed a white, 4-door car speeding and driving with its fog lamps activated while traveling westbound near the 306 mile marker.
When the trooper entered 1-40 from the center median to try and catch the car, it reportedly accelerated and took the Dwight Mission Road exit. The driver then turned west onto US-SH 64, failing to stop at the stop sign and turned all of the vehicle’s off.
The trooper caught up with the driver and activated his emergency lights and siren but the driver accelerated, reportedly attempting to elude the trooper.
Craft reported during the pursuit the vehicle traveled over 115 mph, running stop signs and intersections through the city streets of Vian and Gore. The vehicle also traveled in the wrong lane around curves and hill crests at high rates of speed, according to the report.
The vehicle displayed an Arkansas registration and when Craft ran a registration inquiry through OHP Troop B Dispatch he was advised the vehide was entered into NCIC as stolen.
Craft said the pursuit continued for several miles before the driver turned north on US-SH 10.
“The vehicle ran a roadblock set up by Trooper Cody Hyde at the intersection of SH-10 and 1-40 and turned onto the 291 exit ramp traveling the wrong way:’ Craft reported.
Craft then performed a Tactical Vehicle Intervention (TVI) before the vehicle could enter 1-40 westbound east.
Lewis was identified as the driver and taken into custody. He was then transported to the Sequoyah County Detention Center where he was booked in on his charges.
The eluding charge is punishable by a fine of $1,000 to $5,000 and/or imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 5 years; running a roadblock is punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and/or imprisonment for not less than 1 year or more than 5 years; and the receiving/ concealing stolen property charge is punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not to exceed 5 years, or in the county jail not to exceed 1 year, or by a fine not to exceed $500 or by both such fine and imprisonment.
