WAPAKONETA, Auglaize County — A man led police on an hour-long chase after escaping from custody at a courthouse Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokesperson with the Augalize County Sheriff’s Office.
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Nathaniel Nix, 36, of Detroit, Michigan, appeared for his arraignment on drug possession charges at the Auglaize County Courthouse.
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The judge revoked his bond and ordered him into custody around 12:06 p.m.
Before deputies arrived in the courtroom, Nix allegedly broke a courthouse window, jumped out of the window and ran away, the spokesperson said.
Deputies saw Nix in the courthouse parking lot and tried to take him into custody.
Nix reportedly got into a car and started to accelerate. A deputy tried to pull Nix out of the car but was briefly dragged when he started driving away.
The spokesperson said the deputy sustained minor injuries.
Authorities started chasing Nix through the streets of Wapakoneta and continued onto Interstate 75 North.
The chase went through several jurisdictions until the car became “mechanically disabled,” according to the spokesperson.
The chase ended on I-75 in Wood County, which is a little more than an hour north of Wapakoneta.
Nix was arrested without incident and booked into the Wood County Jail.
He is now facing identity theft and fleeing and eluding charges, according to the spokesperson.
Additional information was not immediately available.
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