2/11/14 - A Howell man has been arraigned on charges he fled from police and then rammed a State Police patrol car. Brian Lynn Ellsworth was charged Monday with felonious assault, resisting police, malicious destruction of police property, operating a vehicle while intoxicated and driving with a suspended license. He was arrested early Saturday morning after he fled from Livingston County Sheriffâs deputies who had stopped to check on his pickup truck, which was stuck in a snow bank on M-59 near Burkhart Road in Howell Township. Ellsworth is alleged to have ignored the deputyâs questions and fled east on M-59 after freeing his truck from the snow bank. He was later spotted by a state trooper in the area of Fisher and Curdy roads in Oceola Township. The trooper attempted to stop Ellsworth, who then backed his pickup truck up to try and get away. After hitting another snow bank, he then began ramming the state police patrol car, but thee trooper managed to pin his truck into the snow bank. Despite that, authorities say Ellsworth continued to resist efforts to take him into custody until backup help arrived and subdued him. Ellsworth is due back in Livingston County District Court February 18th for an exam conference. (JM)
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