Rocco V. Colonello

A four-time convicted drunken driver is accused of leading state police on a late-night, high-speed pursuit that ended in a field in northern Butler County, where he lost control of his car.

Police say Rocco V. Colonello, 32, of Middlesex Township told them he fled just before midnight Friday because he didn't want to go back to prison.

Colonello is being held in the Butler County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail on a list of charges, including two felonies. He also is wanted on a pair of bench warrants in Allegheny County.

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