BRENHAM MAN ARRESTED AFTER HIGH SPEED CHASE

  

 Cpl Steven Eilert arrested a driver for evading arrest on Sunday around 1 am.

Eilert observed the vehicle running a stop light at Tom Green and Chappell Hill Street and then accelerate to

a high rate of speed.

Eilert attempted to stop the vehicle, traveling up to 65 mph with his lights and siren activated.

The driver made no effort to stop and continued to run stop signs, and eventually came to a stop in the driveway in the 1400 Block of Briar Point.

Eilert made contract with the driver, twenty-three year old Charles E Bartley, of Brenham, who had a strong smell of alcohol on his breath.

Bartley refused to perform a field sobriety test, so Eilert obtained a warrant to draw blood.

The driver was taken to the Washington County Jail, and charged with DWI and evading arrest with a motor vehicle.

Bartley’s record indicated he had a previous conviction of evading arrest, which will make this new charge a third degree felony.