Man arrested after crashing into home on North Holly Street during pursuit

BATON ROUGE — A man was arrested on Thursday for aggravated flight from an officer after leading law enforcement on a chase that ended when he crashed into a home on North Holly Street.

According to arrest records, on Thursday, troopers with the Louisiana State Police claimed to have observed a drug deal between 37-year-old Montrell Stewart and another driver in the parking lot of an O’Reilly Auto Parts near the intersection of Florida Boulevard and Flannery Road.

Following the alleged deal, officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department said Stewart drove recklessly in traffic on Florida Boulevard before running off the roadway while exiting onto the service road…

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