Benton County man charged in Pettis County after high-speed chase
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man from Warsaw, Missouri, was charged with multiple felonies this weekend after he led law enforcement on a high-speed chase in Pettis County on Sept. 16.
Michael Muldoon, 31, was charged in Pettis County on Saturday with first-degree tampering with a vehicle, drug possession, tampering with evidence and resisting arrest. An arraignment was held on Monday and a counsel status hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The probable cause statement says a deputy on Sept. 16 tried to stop a vehicle that was reported stolen out of Henry County. Muldoon then sped away in the 1998 Ford Crown Victoria at 100 miles per hour on Highway 50 and began driving into oncoming traffic, the statement says.
Muldoon allegedly crashed the car in a field and was arrested after trying to run away, the statement says.
Muldoon allegedly told law enforcement that he threw methamphetamine into a field during the chase and that he used a stolen vehicle to transport meth from Kansas City to Pettis County, the statement says.