A 22-year-old man is facing a long list of charges after a late-night incident in Greensboro that began with a vehicle spinning “donuts” on a city street and ended with a crash, an arrest and an additional charge involving medical staff.
According to the Greensboro Police Department, officers encountered a black Jeep at about 12:40 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22, on North Elm Street near West Fisher Street. Police say the vehicle was spinning its tires and doing “donuts” in the roadway and nearly struck a patrol car.
Officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop, but a pursuit began on suspicion of impaired driving.
Police report that the driver, identified as Tanner James Crowder, ran off the road on Huffman Street and struck a utility pole support wire.
He was then taken into custody.
Crowder faces multiple charges, including driving while impaired, open container of alcohol, felony speeding to elude arrest, careless and reckless driving, failure to maintain lane control, driving left of center, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, and failure to stop for a steady red light. He was also charged with assault on medical staff.
Crowder received a $5,000 unsecured bond, which has since been posted.
