An 82-year-old driver has been arrested after he led Carbondale officers on a slow-speed police chase. The Carbondale Police Department says 82-year-old Vernon Coffee, was arrested after a police chase ended in the 700 block of w 133rd st. Near Carbondale, a week ago.
Officials say around 1:45 the afternoon of Sunday, November 13th, they responded to the 500 block of Main Street in Carbondale with reports of an erratic driver. They saw Coffee driving erratically and attempted to pull him over. However, he refused to stop for officers with emergency lights and sirens activated. He then led officers and Osage County Sheriff’s deputies on a slow-speed chase through town. Coffee was safely taken into custody. He was checked by EMS at the scene and then was booked into the Osage county Jail on fleeing to elude law enforcement officers.
