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Last updated on Thursday, August 10, 2017
(VIGO CO.) - On Tuesday, at 4:30 p.m. Indiana State Police Master Trooper Matt Ames responded to a residence in Idle Creek subdivision on a burglary in progress call.
Once in the area he observed a white male walking from the residence towards a gold SUV.
Trooper Ames approached the SUV in an attempt to speak with the individual, however the male subject got in the gold SUV and sped off.
Trooper Ames activated his emergency lights and sirens in an attempt to stop the vehicle but the subject ignored the activation of the emergency lights and sirens.
Sheriff Ewing with the Vigo County Sheriff's office was in the area and observed what was taking place and assisted Trooper Ames in the pursuit. At one point the vehicle was stopped by a train.
Trooper Ames again gave verbal commands that went ignored. The driver of the gold SUV then put the vehicle in reverse and rammed Trooper Ames' patrol vehicle. The train then cleared the tracks and the driver then drove on the tracks where the vehicle became stuck. Trooper Ames approached the vehicle and was able to gain access to the vehicle and take the driver 30-year-old Preston Craig Lee, of Terre Haute into custody.
Lee is facing charges of theft, resisting law enforcement, residential entry, criminal trespass, criminal mischief, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangerment, operating a vehicle while intoxicated on a Schedule I or II controlled substance.
Assisting were ISP Troopers Erik Smith, Rondell Shelton, Courtland Woodruff and Sergeant Chris Wright. Also assisting were Sheriff Greg Ewing, Deputy David Ewing, and Deputy Chase St. John with the Vigo County Sheriff's Office.
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