Man arrested after two-minute pursuit, car held up by guide wire

A Poplar Bluff man’s alleged flight from officers Monday afternoon ended when his car became airborne and landed nose down in the grass against a guide wire on Sixth Street.

At 4:16 p.m., Poplar Bluff Police Lt. Joe Ward attempted to stop a Ford passenger car near the intersection of South 11th and Martin Street for careless imprudent driving, according to Sgt. Keith Hefner

The car, later found to be driven by Seth Parker, “actually never stopped. He fled while Joe Ward was trying to make a stop,” Hefner said.

Parker

After Parker allegedly failed to yield to Ward, he continued turning onto several streets, including Lela, Wiseman, Emma and Ninth before returning to South 11th Street, where Ward caught up with him, Hefner said.

Parker, he said, then turned eastbound on Vine Street before turning northbound on Sixth Street.

“The subject ended up wrecking on Sixth, between Pine and Lester (streets),” Hefner explained. “He lost control while northbound on Sixth Street crossing Pine.”

Hefner said Parker lost control “when he jumped Pine Street …(his car) went airborne … swapped ends, did a barrel roll and ended up with the bumper in the air. “

Hefner said when the car hit the grass, “it stuck the nose in the grass and the tail went in the air.”

A utility pole guide wire, Hefner said, was the “only thing that kept it up there.”

The pursuit ended two minutes after it began with Parker, 31, in custody on suspicion of resisting arrest and a Cape Girardeau County warrant, said Hefner, who indicated Parker was not injured in the crash.

Parker, he said, told Ward he knew he had a warrant.

The investigation, Hefner said, is continuing.

Municipal Utilities crews responded to the scene and removed the guide wire to allow wrecker personnel to remove the car.