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Arrested after leading officers on high-speed chase

Justin Addison, Editor/Publisher
Posted 4/13/21

A Franklin man is in the Howard County Jail after leading officers on a high-speed chase through two counties in what appears to be a stolen car. Brad Alan Marcum, 45, was arrested in the early …

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Arrested after leading officers on high-speed chase

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A Franklin man is in the Howard County Jail after leading officers on a high-speed chase through two counties in what appears to be a stolen car. Brad Alan Marcum, 45, was arrested in the early morning hours on Wednesday, April 7, by Fayette police officer Matthew Johnson and Howard County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Sollars.

Officer Johnson said in a probable cause statement that he responded to a call of a careless and imprudent driver around 11:20 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6. He located a black Ford Focus parked on the side of Highway 5 near the former McDonald’s in Fayette. After he exited his patrol vehicle, the car rolled forward then sped off, ignoring Johnson’s commands to stop and put the vehicle in park. The car turned southbound onto Church Street. Johnson caught up with the car as it was passing the Central Methodist campus. He continued to give chase as the car failed to observe stop signs and sped south out of town.

The driver, later identified as Marcum, continued to travel south on Highway 240, often crossing into the opposite lane and reaching speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. He then turned on to Highway 40, heading east toward Midway. By this time, Deputy Sollars and Fayette Police Sergeant Timothy Wells had joined in, with Sollars leading the chase.

Marcum continued to exceed 100 mph and drove into oncoming traffic at least twice, according to the statement. Instead of continuing onto Interstate 70, Marcum turned onto State Route UU in Boone County, then onto State Route O. He then turned onto Nebo Cemetery Road, where he lost control of the car and crashed into a small ditch on the west side of the road. Sollars and Wells removed Marcum from the vehicle and placed him in handcuffs.

According to the probable cause statement, Marcum first told officers that he had borrowed the car, and later that he had bought the car for $400 or $500. 

Marcum also admitted that he urinated in the back of Sollars’ patrol vehicle.

Marcum faces one charge of Resisting Arrest/Detention/Stop By Fleeing - Creating A Substantial Risk Of Serious Injury/Death To Any Person, a Class E felony. On Thursday, April 8, he refused to submit to drug testing by the Howard County Sheriff’s Department, according to online court records.

Marcum is no stranger to law enforcement. He has spent time in jail for marijuana possession. In 2018, he pleaded guilty to drug possession and was handed a suspended sentence of seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was sentenced to four years in prison on each of two counts of drug possession in 2016, and in 2012 was sentenced to seven years in prison, also for drug possession.

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