Dilliner man facing multiple charges following high-speed chase
A Dilliner man is facing multiple charges, including fleeing from police, following his alleged involvement in a high-speed chase with Greene County Sheriff’s deputies.
Jason Gene DeBolt, 41, is facing one felony count each of fleeing or attempting to elude police and flight to avoid apprehension, one misdemeanor count each of resisting arrest and recklessly endangering another person and three traffic summary violations.
The charges were filed by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office April 20 following the April 19 incident in Dunkard Township.
According to the criminal complaint filed in the office of District Judge Lee Watson, deputies from the sheriff’s office and a state constable went to DeBolt’s home on Bald Hill Church Road in Dilliner around 12:43 a.m. for a warrant service. While there they observed DeBolt driving in a pickup truck toward the house, the complaint said.
Officers said when they got in their vehicles to apprehend DeBolt, he sped off and out of sight. A chase ensued, with officers estimating that the truck was traveling in excess of 80 miles per hour, the complaint states. The pursuit continued until officers found the truck parked on Duff Street, the complaint states.
Officers said they saw DeBolt walking down the steps of a house on Duff. When he saw the officers he turned and tried running back into the house, the complaint states. Officers arrested, handcuffed and searched the man.
DeBolt was placed in the county jail, where he remains in lieu of $30,000 straight bond. His preliminary hearing has been scheduled before Watson on May 3.