(La Porte, IN) - A man traveling into La Porte at high speeds nearly caused a head-on collision while impaired before ordered out of his pick-truck.
That’s the picture drawn from allegations filed in La Porte Circuit Court against Mavrick Pitts. The North Judson man is charged with Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement and operating while intoxicated as a Class A misdemeanor.
According to court documents, police just after 4 p.m. on Sunday were notified about a Ford F-350 nearly striking a vehicle head-on while traveling just over 80 miles per hour in the northbound lanes on U.S. 35 at the southern edge of the city.
Quickly, a responding officer spotted the vehicle, which refused to stop until pulling over on Michigan Ave.
Pitts hit the gas pedal, though, but soon pulled over for good a short distance away close to Beechwood Court, police said.
Initially, police said he refused to roll down the driver’s side window but did after a few minutes of loud verbal commands by the officer.
Police said there was an empty can of beer in the center console of the vehicle. His alleged blood alcohol level was greater than .15 percent, according to court documents.
