Ark Valley News - Man arrested after chase, crash

Man arrested after chase, crash
By The News staff
Last Updated: February 12, 2015

A Denver man was arrested after a police pursuit ended in a crash Feb. 7 in north Sedgwick County.

The chase started when a Sedgwick County sheriff's deputy stopped a green 2006 Chrysler Pacifica for a tag violation in the southbound lanes of I-135 north of the 85th interchange about 2 a.m.

Lt. Lin Dehning with the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office said when the deputy asked the driver to get out of the vehicle, the driver acted like he was going to comply, but put the vehicle into drive and sped away instead.

The vehicle exited the highway at 85th and traveled east.

The vehicle struck a culvert east of Oliver and overturned. The driver was thrown from the vehicle.

Dehning said the collision was so violent that the vehicle's motor was separated from the vehicle and found about 100 yards away.

The suspect, Desmond Antwine, 39, was taken to a hospital and was treated and released. Authorities then booked him into the Sedgwick County Jail on charges of possession of narcotics with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, no tax stamp, and fleeing and eluding law enforcement officers and on a felony warrant out of Nevada, Dehning said.

Park City police assisted the sheriff's office by checking the I-135 and 85th interchange for packages of illegal drugs that might have been thrown out of the vehicle during the pursuit.