Wanted man arrested after chase through farm field
SUMMIT TWP — Nothing runs like a Deere — except maybe troopers trying to chase down a wanted man behind the wheel of a Massey Ferguson farm tractor.
State police Saturday afternoon stopped the unusual getaway vehicle but not before they say the suspect led troopers on a wild ride through a rye field in Summit Township and nearly hit several cruisers.
With his 9-year-old daughter helplessly along for the ride, Jonathan R. Shuler’s would-be escape ended when the bright red tractor sunk into the field.
Shuler, 30, of Summit Township, who is facing a list of charges including a pair of felonies, is being held in the Butler County Prison on $75,000 bail.
District Judge Lewis Stoughton arraigned Shuler on felony charges of agricultural crop destruction and fleeing or attempting to elude police, and misdemeanor charges of child endangerment, agricultural vandalism and resisting arrest.
He also is charged with several summary offenses including trespass, driving with a suspended license, careless driving and reckless driving.
A full story appears in Monday's Butler Eagle.
