3/21/14 - A Howell man who fled from officers and rammed a Michigan State Police patrol car has entered a plea to multiple charges. 37-year-old Brian Lynn Ellsworth pleaded guilty as charged to fleeing police, resisting police, felonious assault, malicious destruction of police property, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, and driving on a suspended license. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to recommend that he receive a 30-month cap on his prison sentence. Ellsworth was arrested February 8th after fleeing 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. Authorities say Ellsworth ignored the deputy, freed his truck from the snow bank, and fled east on M-59. He was later spotted by a state trooper near the intersection of Fisher and Curdy roads in Oceola Township. The trooper attempted to stop Ellsworth but he again fled and hit another snow bank. He began ramming the trooperâs patrol car to try and get away, but the trooper managed to pin his truck into the snow bank. Authorities say backup arrived and helped take him into custody. Ellsworth will be sentenced as a 4th time habitual offender in Livingston County Circuit Court April 24th. (JM)
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