Indiana man accused of speeding off with officers inside van, jumping from vehicle: sheriff

The Brief

  • An Indiana man allegedly drove off during a traffic stop with two officers inside his van, swerving across lanes, hitting semitrailers and jumping from the moving vehicle on I-65.
  • Officers used a Taser to take him into custody; a search of the van found MDMA pills and suspected cocaine and marijuana.
  • The suspect, 43-year-old Kieth McCoy of Indianapolis, faces 22 felony charges and four misdemeanor charges and is being held in Lake County Jail.

LAKE COUNTY, Ind. An Indiana man is accused of driving off with two sheriff’s officers inside a van, swerving through traffic and jumping from the moving vehicle, authorities said.

The backstory:

The incident occurred just before 8 a.m. Tuesday, when a Lake County sheriff’s officer tried to pull over a 1998 Chevrolet van for speeding on southbound Interstate 65.

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