Police chase costs Milligan
A game of cat and mouse with police will cost a local man 30 days in jail.
The defendant, Charles H. Milligan Jr., entered guilty pleas this week before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to charges of reckless endangerment with a vehicle and reckless endangerment with a weapon. He was ordered to serve 30 days of a two-year sentence, with the balance of his term to be spent on probation. The charges also resulted in his prior probation being violated.
The sentence comes after Milligan baited police into chasing him last July. According to warrants against Milligan, the defendant pulled in front of a police unit in a parking lot off New Smithville Highway and began blowing his horn, beckoning the officer to follow him. Milligan then began driving on Highway 70 Bypass at a high rate of speed, driving erratically, running red lights and passing vehicles on both sides of the road. Police said Milligan was traveling as fast as 90 mph during the chase and continued blowing his horn and crossing the median to drive on the wrong side of the road.
The reason for Milligan’s erratic behavior and his intentional baiting of police is unknown. However, Milligan was again arrested two days later when he became unruly at a residence, causing police to have to fight him to take him into custody.