DAYTON — A Moraine man hit with a Taser in December following a slow-speed pursuit in a stolen U-Haul was indicted this week.
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James E. Wright Sr., 51, is charged with failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer; receiving stolen property; unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and vandalism, all felonies, according to a Montgomery County grand jury report released Wednesday.
Wright is no longer in custody and is ordered to appear Feb. 14 for arraignment in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.
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According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Dayton Post, troopers on Dec. 14 tried to stop Wright on northbound I-75 near Northwoods Boulevard, but he did not pull over a U-Haul truck reported stolen.
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He was eventually arrested in the Lowe’s parking lot in Huber Heights, after troopers hit with a Taser when they said he tried to run from the truck.
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