DUI Among A Slew Of Charges Filed In A Low-Speed Clearwater Chase
Three people, two of whom were police officers, were hospitalized after a low-speed chase through the streets of Clearwater. Jonathan James Thomas-Clark was arrested on charges of DUI, aggravated fleeing and eluding, resisting arrest without violence, felony driving with license suspended, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and tampering with evidence once he was eventually stopped. Another man in the car was also charged.
The chase began when Thomas-Clark’s Cobalt was traveling slowly with an unassigned tag. Officers felt the driving pattern indicated the driver was under the influence. Police attempted to stop the car by pulling in front of it but the Cobalt rammed into the cruiser and kept going. The officers were not seriously injured during the chase.
