A 50-year-old Holden has been sentenced to a decade in jail after he changed his plea in Carroll County Court.
Danny Joe Darnell was arrested following a call to the Carroll County Police Department, on August 31, which stated a truck had struck a fence and left the scene of the crash. A short time later, it was reported that the same truck had struck a Carrollton Fire Department vehicle that was parked on the sidewalk. The driver then struck a fire hyrdrant and nearly hit a patrol vehicle before leading law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit. Darnell was arrested after he pulled into a parking lot before an officer trapped his truck against a wall.
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A 49-year-old Holden man remains in custody following an incident in Carroll County in August.
The Carroll County Police Department reports it received a call, on August 31, that a truck had struck a fence and left the scene of the crash. A short time later, it was reported that the same truck had struck a Carrollton Fire Department vehicle that was parked on the sidewalk. When officers arrived, they noted the truck made a U-turn and struck a fire hydrant. The suspect vehicle then backed up, nearly hitting a patrol vehicle, and sped away, leading law-enforcement officers on a high-speed pursuit. During the chase, the suspect vehicle nearly struck an occupied SUV and cut off another vehicle at an intersection. The road became blocked by commercial vehicles, and the driver pulled the truck into a parking lot behind businesses on the north side of the square. Fearing the suspect was going to continue to endanger the public by fleeing again, an officer used his patrol vehicle to push th