Over the last few weeks, local law enforcement officers have been involved in several chases, some reaching dangerous speeds. On June 25, officers from the Douglas Police Department found themselves in another chase, although this one was at much more manageable speeds.
The incident report states that shortly before 5 p.m. on June 25, an officer observed a gold 2002 Cadillac Deville traveling north on South Madison Avenue with faulty equipment. He attempted to pull over the Cadillac but the driver, identified as Trevor Maine McKinnon, 33, wouldn’t stop.
The report says that McKinnon kept traveling north on Madison, never exceeding 41 mph. A few blocks into the chase, the officer notified 911 that he was in a vehicle pursuit. Other units joined in. McKinnon turned left on Walker Street and stopped at the red light at Walker and Peterson Avenue. The officer wrote that he attempted to partially block the Cadillac at the intersection but the vehicle went around him.
Ultimately, McKinnon stopped at a home, later identified as his mother’s house, on West Walker near College Avenue. Two officers approached the Cadillac with guns drawn and ordered McKinnon out of the vehicle. The report says he would not comply. The second officer hit the Cadillac’s window with his fist.
The window didn’t break and Mckinnon seemed unfazed.
The officer took out his baton and told McKinnon that if he didn’t get out of the car he would break the window with his baton. McKinnon then got out of the vehicle.
He was arrested and charged with fleeing/attempting to elude, driving with a suspended license, taillight violation, and habitual violator. He was transported to the Coffee County Jail and later released.
Because he was at his mother’s house, the officers did not impound the vehicle.