Morgan County Sheriff’s Deputies, Jacksonville Police, and Greene County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a man near Interstate 72 and the Morton Avenue after a multi-county high speed chase.
West Central Joint Dispatch received a report of Greene County Sheriff’s Deputies in pursuit of a red Dodge Dakota truck at 5:20PM yesterday.
Officers were eventually able to terminate the pursuit just before the Morton Avenue exit after traveling northbound on Illinois Route 267 from Greenfield.
The driver, 36-year old Richard R. Cooper of Bartlett, Illinois was cited for aggravated fleeing of police, driving on a revoked license, improper lane usage, speeding, driving under the influence of drugs and outstanding warrants for possession of a controlled substance and possession of methamphetamine.
He remains held at the Morgan County Jail.