A 29-year-old man whom police tried to stop for running a red light in Wilmington now also faces charges he led law enforcement through northern New Castle County — initially in a car, but when he crashed it, then by foot — and when police caught him, he punched two officers in the face.
The two officers, both from the New Castle County Police Department, did not require medical attention. The man was being held in Howard R. Young Correctional Institution Friday morning after failing to post $18,500 bail.
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The incident began Wednesday night in Wilmington where police there said city officers saw a Chevrolet Malibu run a red light. Wilmington officers tried to stop the car, but the driver fled.