A Wetumpka man ran for nearly an hour during a Wednesday night high-speed chase from Elmore County law enforcement.
Wetumpka police officers clocked a Corvette doing more than 90 MPH on U.S. Highway 231 in front of Walmart Wednesday night. Officers attempted to stop the car.
“He took off and they went toward Eclectic then to Tallassee and back to Eclectic back to Tallasssee and back around to Eclectic,” Wetumpka police
chief Ed Reeves said. “They did circles for a while. They finally got him stopped in Eclectic.”
Reeves said no pit maneuvers or spike strips were used to end the pursuit.
“He finally just gave up and stopped,” Reeves said.
Wetumpka police officers arrested Ronald Persons, 41, of Wetumpka, and charged him with attempting to elude and reckless endangerment.
Reeves said help was requested from the Elmore County Sheriff's Office, Eclectic Police Department, Tallassee Police Department and ALEA State Troopers. Reeves said he doesn’t expect any charges from other agencies since there was no damage to vehicles and no injuries as result of the pursuit.
Reeves said Persons had no reason to run other than being caught speeding.
“He had no warrants and the car was not stolen,” Reeves said. “I guess he thought since he had a Corvette and it was fast he could get away.”
Persons bonded out of the Elmore County Jail Thursday morning.
