Arrested after chase

SEBRING

An East Indiana Avenue man was arrested Sunday morning and accused of leading police on a chase while he was drunk.

Earl Hunt, 49, is in the Mahoning County jail on charges of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol content of more than 0.08 and several traffic offenses.

Reports said police were called about 2:25 a.m. Sunday to South 15th Street for a report of an obstruction in the road, and when they arrived, a car drove through a road-closed barricade. Police tried to pull the car over, but it failed to stop, leading police on a chase at speeds up to 60 miles per hour on residential streets before hitting a tree in the 200 block of West Michigan Avenue.

Reports said Hunt was the driver and he was not injured.