Syracuse Man Arrested On Warrants After Reckless Driving Complaint
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
Complaints about reckless driving led to the arrest of a Syracuse man wanted on a number of warrants.
Roger James Coleman, 45, of 9 EMS D4 Lane, Syracuse, was preliminarily booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 9 p.m. Saturday on two bond revocations and three felony counts of failure to appear. No bond was set.
Kosciusko County Sheriff Kyle Dukes said that at about 7:14 p.m. Saturday, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office received numerous calls in reference to a man, wearing a camouflage jacket, coming out of the wooded area near Enchanted Hills on a dirt bike. The man was riding the dirt bike “in a reckless manner,” Dukes said.
KCSO deputy Todd Eby responded to the reckless driving complaint. He saw the dirt bike tracks in the snow at a church on Wawasee Lane, including “spin-outs and burnouts.” Eby followed the tracks to a residence in the Enchanted Hills area.
Eby called for assistance from the KCSO and deputy Travis Mickem responded. They saw two people run out of the home and jump into a pickup truck. Both deputies activated their emergency lights to make a traffic stop, which resulted in a low-speed pursuit.
The truck traveled for 3 or 4 miles, then went into a beanfield. Coleman got out of the truck and the deputies chased him. He did not stop when ordered to by deputies.
Dukes said Eby attempted to use a Taser on Coleman, but it did not work. Mickem fired his stun gun but missed Coleman. On the third try, Eby was able to use the Taser on Coleman. He fell to the ground and was taken into custody.
In addition to the five felony outstanding warrants for Coleman, Dukes said he was also charged with resisting law enforcement and driving while being a habitual traffic violator.
The woman in the truck was not charged with any crime.
“I want to thank the Enchanted Hills area for contacting the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office about the reckless driving complaints. The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office has been attempting to locate Mr. Coleman now for several weeks due to these outstanding warrants, but this was an instance where if the community wouldn’t have taken the time out to call about the reckless driving complaint, Mr. Coleman would still be at large,” Dukes said.
Dukes said KCSO firearms instructors were looking into why the Taser did not work the first time.
