WATCH: Motorcyclist leads deputies on chase through cemetery, fields

DARKE COUNTY — A man on a motorcycle cut through a cemetery and farm fields to escape deputies.

As reported on News Center 7 at 5, Darke County deputies tried to stop 29-year-old Eric Haines after it appeared he was struggling to keep his bike upright.

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A deputy tried to catch up to Haines, who appeared to be ignoring his lights and sirens.

Haines continued to race away on dangerous and dark country roads.

The chase lasted around four miles.

Haines turned and pulled into a cemetery, cut through that facility, and onto farm fields forcing the deputy to follow him.

Haines would eventually get bogged down in mud and lay the bike down.

That allowed deputies to take him into custody.

Deputies found suspected drugs on him, which they suspect could explain why he ran.

“We field-tested him. He tested positive for methamphetamines,” Chief Deputy Randy Linkous said.

Haines was booked into the Darke County Jail.

“We try to rely on our deputies to make good decisions, it was a short pursuit, it did reach high speeds. However there was no traffic out there,” Linkous said.

We will continue to follow this story.

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