FARMINGTON -- Two Farmington police officers and a Washington County sheriff's deputy were involved in a pursuit Friday morning that started on North Holland Drive in Farmington and ended in a parking lot on the University of Arkansas campus, according to Capt. Mike Wilbanks with Farmington Police Department.
Dakota King, 24, of Fayetteville, is facing theft of property motor vehicle, fleeing, reckless driving, first degree criminal mischief and also a parole violation, according to Washington County Detention Center website.
On Thursday, a 1977 blue Chevrolet El Camino was reported missing from the Farmington High School parking lot. Wilbanks said Detective William Redfern spotted the vehicle Friday morning and pulled in behind it.
When Redfern was exiting his vehicle, the El Camino took off down South Holland toward Wolfdale. It then traveled to Highway 170, to Ash Street, Neal Street, Sprague and was north bound on Old Farmington. From there, Wilbanks said the vehicle went through the grassy field behind Colliers Drugstore and back on U.S. 62 to Fayetteville. King then crossed oncoming traffic on Martin Luther King Boulevard into Lot 56 on the university campus. He went back across Martin Luther King through Chick-fil-a parking lot, behind Sonic, through the Sonic parking lot, across Martin Luther King again and into Lot 56 again. The vehicle was traveling on two flats and finally ended in the parking lot across from the university's police department.
Wilbanks said the vehicle started spinning and the sheriff's deputy hit King's vehicle with his patrol car, causing it to spin around into some parked cars. Wilbanks said he pulled in and blocked the vehicle from going anywhere.
King was taken to Washington Regional Medical Center because he was "exhibiting signs of chemically induced behavior," Wilbanks said.
After King was released from the hospital, he was taken to Washington County Detention Center.
General News on 11/23/2016