Staff report

HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. – Chase Alexander Coulon, 19, was arrested yesterday after fleeing from police officers at high speed in High Springs.

At about 5:50 a.m. on January 27, officers from the High Springs Police Department (HSPD) located Coulon, who was wanted on a warrant, in a vehicle parked next to a house. When officers approached the vehicle, Coulon allegedly tried to hide, and when they told him to come out of the vehicle, he allegedly put the vehicle in gear and drove around officers and marked patrol vehicles, fleeing at a high rate of speed.

Coulon crashed in the area of NW 222nd Street and NW 154th Place and then allegedly fled on foot into an open field, where he was found by a K-9 team from Alachua Police Department (APD). APD officers, HSPD officers, and an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy all assisted in apprehending Coulon.

Coulon has been charged with fleeing, resisting an officer without violence, reckless driving, and leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage. He has two misdemeanor convictions (none violent), is on probation on a misdemeanor drug charge, and has an active warrant for violating probation. He is also facing a sworn complaint for grand theft of a motor vehicle after driving a vehicle to a friend’s house without permission. Judge Meshon Rawls set bail at $120,000.

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