8/16/13 - One of two boys who had been drinking and led police on a high-speed chase has been sentenced. In juvenile court Thursday, the 14-year-old from Hartland was ordered to serve one year of intensive probation and will remain in his parentsâ custody. He previously entered a plea to charges of Minor Operating a Motor Vehicle with Bodily Alcohol Content with an Occupant Less than 16 and Joyriding. He originally faced five counts following the June 19th incident, including fleeing and eluding police, assaulting/resisting police and unlawful driving away of a vehicle but those were dismissed as part of the plea. A review hearing has been scheduled in October. Meanwhile, the teenâs then 13-year-old passenger from Howell also faces charges of unlawful driving away of a vehicle and two counts of resisting and obstructing police in juvenile court. Heâs since turned 14. The boys are not being identified because of their juvenile status and were lodged in the Washtenaw Juvenile Detention Center after the incident, but were released back into parental custody. The incident began when a state police trooper attempted to stop an SUV without tail lights on Clyde Road. When the driver refused to stop, a chase began that ended up drawing in units from the sheriffâs department as they traveled along M-59 and I-96 in excess of 100 miles per hour. The Hartland boy eventually lost control and crashed into a stand of trees in Lyon Township. Both he and the passenger attempted to flee but were apprehended after a short foot chase. The three female passengers in the back seat, ages 14 and 15 and all from Fenton, were turned over to their parents. (JM)
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