Sidney Police and a Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy talk in an alley behind Clinton Avenue between Johnston Drive and Port Jefferson Road. Police were investigating a car chase that ended on foot.
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
Staff report
SIDNEY — A car and on-foot pursuit on Thursday ended in the arrest of the man who was apprehended with two baggies of suspected drugs.
Craig Alan Strunk, of Sidney, was arrested Thursday afternoon on charges of obstructing official business, failure to comply with the order of a police office and driving while under OVI suspension.
Strunk was driving a Toyota sedan when a Sidney police officer attempted to pull him over. After a short pursuit at the speed limit, Strunk sped off down an alley near the intersection of Port Jefferson Road and Bon Air Drive. He turned on Johnston Drive, then onto Broadway Avenue.
Strunk pulled over on Broadway Avenue, exited the vehicle and initially complied with officers’ instructions, but then took off on foot down the alley. Off-duty officers assisted the pursuing officer in apprehending him. When he was apprehended, officers discovered two baggies of suspected drugs.
