Man arrested after leading Clay County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase in stolen vehicle
PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) - A Clay County man wanted for drug charges and for stealing a vehicle, was arrested after getting lost in Putnam County.
Clay County Sheriff’s deputies were pursuing Austin Cox, 25, in a stolen vehicle Sunday night after he tried crashing into a deputy.
The chase continued into Putnam County, where Cox got lost and eventually went off-road into a cattle field.
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Cox ditched the vehicle, and tried covering himself in mud to evade deputies.
He was found by a K9 deputy.
Cox was booked into the Putnam County Jail on charges of battery on an officer, drug charges, among others.
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