Jul. 25—JAMESTOWN — A 34-year-old Jamestown man is facing multiple felony charges after he led law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit on Tuesday, July 22, that began in Jamestown and damaged a Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office vehicle, according to court documents.
Kyle James Wegleitner is facing two counts of prohibited acts A/controlled substances, reckless endangerment and fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer, Class C felonies, and two counts of criminal mischief and driving while license privilege is suspended, Class B misdemeanors. He is in the Stutsman County Correctional Center.
A preliminary hearing and/or arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 20. A felony jury trial is scheduled for Nov. 25.
Wegleitner is accused of creating substantial risk of bodily injury or death to another under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life and inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily injury upon another, threatening or menacing another with imminent bodily injury with a vehicle, fleeing during or after the commission of a felony or operating a vehicle in a manner constituting an inherent risk of death or serious bodily injury to a third person, possessing methamphetamine and LSD with previous convictions in 2011 and 2016, damaging a Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office vehicle and damaging crop belonging to a farmer on Tuesday, July 22.
Court documents say Sgt. Brian Davis with the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office saw Wegleitner, who Davis knew was driving with a suspended license, at about 6:20 p.m. Tuesday in southeast Jamestown. Davis activated his emergency lights and sirens when he saw Wegleitner driving at a high rate of speed on 10th Street Southeast.
Court documents say Wegleitner continued eastbound on Business Loop East with speeds reaching over 80 mph. Wegleitner turned onto 19th Avenue Southeast and continued southbound out of city limits on Stutsman County Road 39 with speeds reaching 106 mph.
Court documents say the pursuit continued westbound on 38th Street Southeast, then south on 85th Avenue Southeast and westbound on 39th Street Southeast with speeds reaching 90 mph.
Wegleitner stopped briefly near the intersection with 84th Avenue Southeast, stepped out of the vehicle and looked at Davis. When Davis drew his handgun and aimed it at Wegleitner through the windshield, Wegleitner got back in the vehicle and drove away, court documents say.
Court documents say Wegleitner crossed the intersection at 39th Street Southeast and U.S. Highway 281 at about 90 mph. Wegleitner eventually stopped his vehicle, put it in reverse and smashed into the front end of the Sheriff’s Office’s vehicle before taking off westbound on 39th Street Southeast.
Wegleitner “brake checked” Davis multiple times during the pursuit, court documents say.
After crossing 82nd Avenue Southeast, court documents say Wegleitner turned into the north ditch and drove into a corn field.
Another Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office deputy arrived on scene and watched the east side of the corn field for Wegleitner. The deputy eventually spotted the vehicle that was stuck in mud on 82nd Avenue Southeast.
The deputy held Wegleitner at gunpoint before he was arrested and taken to the Stutsman County Correctional Center, court documents say.
Court documents say Wegleitner had a white powdery substance and over $2,300 in cash in his pockets. Four tabs of LSD were also found during the search.
A Class C felony is punishable by five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. A Class B misdemeanor is punishable by 30 days in prison and a $1,500 fine.