HANCOCK COUNTY, Ind. — A Hancock County man was arrested Sunday after allegedly leading police on multiple pursuits and forcing his way into a home.
Shortly before 1:30 p.m. on March 26, Hancock County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a report of a domestic disturbance in the Stansbury neighborhood in northwestern Hancock County.
Before they arrived, a suspect left the scene in a stolen sedan. Police identified the suspect as 19-year-old Derrick Deerkus-Carlton Jordan of McCordsville. After a short time, the stolen sedan was located by officers, who attempted a traffic stop. After what police described as a short chase that entered Lawrence, officers ended their pursuit.
Officers sent out an alert for police departments to be on the lookout for the suspect and car. Shortly after 3 p.m, a Hancock County sheriff's deputy in the McCordsville area spotted the sedan but the driver fled from officers again. After a roughly 20-minute chase, during which police said the driver cut through yards of houses, the pursuit was called off again.
Nearly two hours later, a deputy again spotted the sedan, which may have had its license plate flipped backwards. The driver again tried to elude officers, and the chase again traveled into Lawrence and included multiple police departments.
The chase went back into the Stansbury neighborhood, where the driver cut through yards again. Officers ended the chase, but tire deflation devices were placed at the exits to the neighborhood.
Soon after, a deputy located the sedan stuck in a yard in the neighborhood. A nearby resident called 911 and reported Jordan, who knew her family, knocked on the back door and then forced his way into the house, police said.
Officers approaching the house saw Jordan trying to run away, but caught and arrested him.
Jordan was booked into the Hancock County on the following preliminary charges:
- Criminal recklessness (2 counts)
- Criminal mischief (2 counts)
- Residential entry
- Possession of stolen property
- Theft (value of property between $750 and $50,000)
- Resisting law enforcement
- Reckless driving in a motor vehicle
- Operating a vehicle without ever obtaining a license
- Leaving the scene of a property damage crash
The Hancock County Prosecutor's Office will make final charging decisions in the case. Jordan is being held without bond until he sees a judge since his charges including resisting law enforcement, the sheriff's office said.
No injuries were reported during any of the chases.