08/29/2025
Update (with provided video)
Mason County Sheriff Kim C. Cole released the following information today, along with a video, regarding a series of crimes that led to a dramatic arrest. Deputies responded to a call for a hit and run that escalated into a high-speed chase involving OWI and fleeing and eluding arrest. The incident, which occurred late Thursday evening, concluded after the suspect's vehicle struck a patrol car, bringing the pursuit to an end.
Details from the Sheriff's Department...
At 8:55 PM, on Thursday, 08/28/2025, Mason County deputies were alerted to a hit & run crash that had occurred on Jebavy Drive & Bryant Road, in Mason County’s Pere Marquette Township. It was reported a dark pickup truck had rear-ended another vehicle and fled northbound on Jebavy Drive.
An MCSO deputy, on patrol on Jebavy & Jagger, spotted the suspect vehicle traveling northbound and attempted a traffic stop. The suspect fled at speeds over 100 MPH, weaving back and forth over both lanes, passing several vehicles and bicycles.
At Barnhart Road the vehicle slid sideways, went through a yard and back around the patrol car, and then back southbound on Jebavy Dr. The vehicle fled westbound down Shagway, through Lincoln Road, turned around again and fled back eastbound on Shagway, to Jebavy and then back northbound on Jebavy.
Again, at Barnhart and Jebavy, the vehicle left the road. This time, as the vehicle was attempted to back up, it struck a patrol car.
The suspect, a 21-year-old Hart MI man, was then taken into custody on charges of Hit & Run, OWI and Flee & Elude. The suspect vehicle and patrol car both sustained moderate damage from the crash and the patrol car was not drivable. No injuries were reported