A Wellington man is in the Donley County Jail this weekend after he led sheriff’s deputies and state troopers on a high-speed chase into Clarendon Saturday evening.
Carl Franklin Bedwell III is facing charges of Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant, Evading, and Resisting Arrest, according to Chief Deputy Randy Bond.
Donley County dispatchers began receiving multiple 911 calls at 7:08 p.m. Saturday with reports of someone driving erratically – going on the left and right shoulders, eastbound on US 287 west of Clarendon – at speeds in excess of 100 mph.
Bond said a trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety got the suspect stopped at the turn off to FM 3257 about three miles west of Clarendon. A local deputy arrived on the scene; and as the trooper spoke with a witness, the suspect started his vehicle and fled despite warnings and three gunshots fired by the deputy.
The suspected crossed the west city limits at approximately 85 mph, and the trooper and two deputies boxed in his vehicle as he neared the intersection of Allen Street and US 287. The suspect stopped, exited his vehicle, and put up a brief struggle as he was arrested, Bond said.
The Donley County Sheriff’s Office assisted the DPS with this case,
and Bond says other charges may be filed as the case is investigated.
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