VIDEO: Taser Used After Chase Through Marion Neighborhood, Suspect Faced Multiple Charges

MARION, Ark. — Arkansas State Police used a Taser after a Marion suspect led a trooper on a chase through a residential neighborhood, ran multiple stop signs and then fled on foot, according to an incident report.

Trooper Wright reported the pursuit began around 5:35 a.m. March 23 after he observed a black Kia K5 traveling 71 mph in a 55 mph zone on College Boulevard near U.S. Highway 64 in Marion.

According to the report, the driver slowed down after noticing the trooper and turned onto Magnolia Street, then onto Countryside Drive, where he failed to stop at a stop sign. The vehicle then continued through several neighborhood streets, including Pleasant Woods Drive, Woodland View Drive, L.H. Polk Street, Rue Chateau Dupre, Rue Le Maison and Boulevard Saint Germaine, while repeatedly failing to stop at stop signs…

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