DUNKLIN COUNTY, MO (KAIT/KFVS) - One man is behind bars after leading police on a chase
from Greene County, AR to Dunklin County, MO.
According
to the Paragould Police Department, the chase involving David Pullam, 39,
started in Paragould when a vehicle didn't stop for a constable in town late
Wednesday night.
The
car was thought to be involved in a child welfare case, police say. According to Missouri Highway Patrol, there
was a child in the car with Pullam at the time on the chase.
Paragould Police followed
the suspect, until officers from the Dunklin County Sheriff's Office
took over. Missouri Highway Patrol
troopers say the chase ended after midnight east of the St. Francis River Bridge
on Highway 84.
Officers say Pullam ran into
the woods, but was arrested shortly after.
Pullam
will face charges of felony child endangerment, unlawful possession of a weapon
and resisting arrest charges. He
is currently in the Dunklin County Jail.
No
one was hurt in the chase.
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