Staff Reports
A Bartholomew County Sheriff’s deputy arrested a local man wanted on a warrant after a foot pursuit.
Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Deputy Dylan Prather was traveling south on Pearl Street at 6:12 p.m. Wednesday when he saw a male that he knew had an outstanding arrest warrant, deputies said.
After making contact with the subject in the 800 block of Pearl Street, the man identified as Shawn Mace, 47, 1021 Pearl St., fled and a foot pursuit began, deputies said.
Following a pursuit and a short altercation, Mace was taken into custody and transported to the Bartholomew County Jail on preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement, possession of methamphetamine and the warrant, deputies said.
Mace was being held in the jail in lieu of $122,500 bond, jail officials said.
Prather is a member of the ILP Unit — Intelligence Led Policing Unit which is a collaboration among the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office, the Columbus Police Department and the Bartholomew County Prosecutor’s Office. The ILP Unit focuses on high profile offenders who are involved in drug related crimes and property crimes throughout Bartholomew County.
Primary Deputy: Deputy Dylan Prather
Assisting Officers: Deputy Grant Carlson, Lieutenant Josh McCrary, Officer Drake Maddix, Officer Marcus Clark, Officer Andrew Plank
Assisting Agency: Columbus Police Department
