Fayette County, IL-(Vandalia Radio)- A Millstadt man is facing multiple felony charges in Fayette County Court following a Sunday night police chase that reports say involved a stolen car with a child inside.
Vandalia Police Officer report says that he was on routine patrol at 11:27 pm on Sunday night when he observed a male subject he knew to be 39 year old Scott A. Harper driving northbound on Kennedy Boulevard in a grey car. The Vandalia Police Officer said in his report that he believed Harper had stolen the car as Harper had been arrested for Disorderly Conduct earlier in the day and his vehicle has been towed during that arrest. The officer says at that time he made a U-Turn to follow the vehicle and the officer says in his report that Harper made a U-Turn at the same time. After turning around again, the officer says he then began to follow Harper.
At that time, the report says Vandalia dispatch advised a vehicle was stolen from the parking lot of the Circle K Convenience Store and that there was a 2 year old child inside. At this time, the officer says in his report that he activated his patrol lights and that Harper allegedly began to drive erratically fast. The report says that Harper was driving on 5th street and the officer says in his report that he drove through two stop signs. The officer’s report says that Harper eventually got on the Interstate 70 and another officer joined the pursuit. The report says they were traveling eastbound on I-70 at high rates of speed. The officer said this included going through a construction zone at speeds of 100 to 120 miles per hour. The report says that Harper then began to slow rapidly and turned off of the interstate at the Brownstown weigh station. Officers were then able to block in Harper’s vehicle and eventually get him out of the vehicle. During the process of handcuffing Harper, the officer says in his report that Harper was resisting, which the officer said led to him sustaining cuts to his knuckles and right arm. The officer says in his report the child was secured. The child was checked by Vandalia Police and by Rural Med EMS on the scene and was returned back to their father.
Harper has been charged in Fayette County with Kidnapping (Class 2 Felony), Aggravated Battery-Peace Officer (Class 2 Felony), Theft of a Vehicle (Class 3 Felony), Reckless Conduct (Class A Misdemeanor), and Resisting a Peace Officer (Class A Misdemeanor). Harper will appear in Fayette County Court today with the Public Defender to have his bond set.
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