Police began chasing Evans on Wilbraham Road when he failed to pull over for a traffic stop.
Leslie EvansSPRINGFIELD – A 20-year-old city man is awaiting arraignment following his arrest Saturday for multiple motor vehicle violations after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase from Wilbraham Road in Sixteen Acres into Indian Orchard, police said.
Leslie Evans of 643 Sumner Ave. is facing nine counts of failure to stop at an intersection, three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon: an automobile, two counts of failure to keep right for an oncoming vehicle, two counts of threatening to commit murder, and single counts of reckless driving, failure to stop for police, speeding and possession of an open container in a motor vehicle.
Police began chasing Evans on Wilbraham Road when he failed to pull over for a traffic stop. The chase continued into Indian Orchard with Evans aggressively weaving in and out of traffic at high speeds, police said. At one point he drove head on toward three police cars, forcing them off the road, police said.
Police lost the car on Oak Street in Indian Orchard but found it parked a few blocks away on Hampshire Street. Police then spotted Evans on Oak Street walking way at a fast pace, police said.
He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Springfield District Court.