MUNCIE, Ind. A Muncie man wanted on arrest warrants issued in Madison County was arrested this week after leading city police on a high-speed chase.
Based on the events early Sunday that led to his arrest, Phil Brandon Rodriguez, 38, faces preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement in a vehicle, reckless driving and driving while suspended.
A city officer said a license plate check showed Rodriguez was the target of three Madison County warrants, accusing him of escape, failure to return to lawful detention and failure to register as a sex or violent offender.
The officer tried to pull Rodriguez s Pontiac Grand Prix over at Centennial Avenue and Elgin Street. Police said the Muncie man then fled, leading officers on a chase that made its way to the Muncie Bypass and then onto East Jackson Street, where Rodriguez s speed allegedly exceeded 80 mph.
Muncie sex offender sentenced for not registering
MUNCIE, Ind. A Muncie sex offender on Thursday was sentenced for failing to keep local authorities aware of his address.
Kyle Lewis Barnes, 23, had pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sex or violent offender, a Level 5 felony carrying up to six years in prison, and failure of a sex offender to posses identification, a misdemeanor.
Delaware Circuit Court 5 Judge Thomas Cannon Jr. on Thursday gave Barnes a three-year suspended sentence.
According to the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry, Barnes was twice convicted of child molesting in juvenile court proceedings.
He is required to register as a sex offender making local authorities aware of where he lives and works until May 2024.
HELENA - An attempted homicide suspect from Helena was arrested after a traffic stop in Iron County, Utah Tuesday.
A release from the Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) said Cedar City Dispatch received numerous reports of a vehicle tailgating, speeding, cutting in and out of traffic and driving recklessly on Interstate-15.Â
According to DPS s release, the vehicle drove passed a Utah state trooper. DPS s release said the trooper saw the vehicle going 98 miles-per-hour, weaving through traffic and cutting people off.
When the trooper turned on his emergency lights to do a traffic stop, DPS s release said the driver began to pull to the side as though he was going to stop, but immediately got back on I-15 as though he was going to flee.