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1. Eight years ago, car accident took the lives of two local girls2. The Best of Athens 2012 - People3. ‘OU’? There’s a reason great institutions don’t go by their initials4. OU Police issue alert about 'armed and dangerous' man near Union and Shafer5. Best of Athens - Dining6. For local biz, cooperative status has been mostly a good thing7. The Best of Athens 2012 - Nightlife8. Experts deliver dire warnings about fracking impacts9. Best of Athens - Places10. 'Armed and dangerous' bank robber no longer a local threat, OUPD says11. The Best of Athens 2012 - Students Only12. The first round of 2012 Best of Athens results...13. Feds’ new rule about Burmese pythons relies on misinformation14. OU releases $$ report on football team’s Boise trip15. Group works toward total elimination of garbage16. OU prof's new book sparks nostalgia for short-story era17. Cuban Sol brings new exotic flavor to Athens area18. Attorneys for student who lost arm seek big damages from OU 19. Former deputy gets fines, no jail time in sex-with-informant case20. Touring museum highlights African-American inventors
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Thursday, September 2,2010
High-speed chase ends in arrest
A man who, after allegedly assaulting a man, then trying
to escape from an Athens County Sheriff's deputy in a high-speed chase
from The Plains to Belpre, will be extradited from West Virginia, where
he was finally arrested, to face criminal charges here, according to
Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly.
Jesse Rowe, 35, of Fairmont, W.Va., was arrested by police units in Wood County, W.Va., Sunday night. According to a sheriff's report, officers responded to a call from a woman in The Plains shortly after 7 p.m., reporting that Rowe (reportedly an ex-boyfriend) was in her home and she wanted him removed.
Rowe had allegedly gotten into a fight with another man at the residence, and the woman asked Rowe to leave.
While officers were en route, Rowe reportedly left the scene in a Dodge Neon. Deputy Shannon Sheridan spotted the vehicle when it passed him near the Columbia Road overpass on U.S. Rt. 33. The car was allegedly going over 70 mph in a 55 mph zone, and Sheridan pulled it over near the U.S. Rt. 50/32 exit around Wal-Mart.
When Rowe exited his car, Sheridan wrote in a report, he appeared to be covered in blood. After the officer ordered Rowe back into the vehicle, Rowe allegedly drove off, leading Sheridan on a high-speed chase through Guysville and toward Belpre, getting up to 130 mph as they passed the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Athens post.
The West Virginia State Police finally stopped Rowe with "stop sticks" after he crossed the bridge into that state. He was arrested and taken to jail, from which he will be brought back to Athens County to be charged, probably with felony flight. The pursuit covered about 26 miles, according to estimates from the local dispatcher.
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SOB, Im going to buy myself one of those neons, I didnt know they would go that damn fast!!!!!!!!