Lawton Man Arrested After Police Chase

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A man is in the Van Buren County Jail after leading a sheriff’s deputy on a chase late Monday night. The deputy tried to pull the man over for crossing the center line in Columbia Township when it passed and for not having a license plate. The 38-year-old Lawton man took off at over 100 miles an hour, and drove through a field trying to lose the deputy before losing control and driving into a ditch. He then ran and was tracked to a nearby home, where he was found standing near a car. The man is facing fleeing and eluding, resisting and obstructing, and driving with a suspended license charges.