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An Urbana man was charged with resisting arrest and obstructing official business after he tried to flee from officers of the Bellefontaine Police Department on Thursday evening.
Andrew J. Claybaugh, 29, was the passenger in a vehicle driven by Dale R. Evans, 32, of 7974 County Road 54, Lewistown, who was stopped for running a red light on Detroit Street at Columbus Avenue, officers report.
Mr. Evans stopped near the U.S. Post Office and Mr. Evans fled east on foot. He was chased and apprehended in the PNC drive-through at the corner of Main Street and Chillicothe Avenue.
He reportedly fled because he had outstanding warrants for failure to appear in court in Champaign County.
Mr. Evans was cited for a red light violation and driving under suspension.
• Christopher A. King, 28, at large, was arrested on outstanding warrants from Logan County Common Pleas for possession of drugs, possession of drug abuse instruments, theft and four counts of forgery at about 9 p.m. Thursday.
He was found in a room at the Super 8 hotel, 1117 N. Main St., where an anonymous caller said officers should make a well-being check on a woman. The woman was in the room but was fine, officers report.
Motorist transported after crash
A Texas man who reportedly passed out at the wheel of a car from a medical condition was taken to the hospital after an 11 a.m. Friday crash in the city, officers of the Bellefontaine Police Department report.
Patrick J. Hogan, 55, of Harlingen, Texas, was northbound in the 400 block of north Main Street when he lost consciousness and his car went off the right side of the road striking a fire hydrant near Williams Avenue.
A Bellefontaine squad transported him to Mary Rutan Hospital for treatment. His passenger, Anna Hogan, 58, did not report injuries.