4/2/14 - Sentencing is set next month for a Brighton Township man who police say led them on a high-speed chase in Oakland County. 49-year-old William Smith had been set to go to trial on Monday in Oakland County Circuit Court on charges of fleeing and eluding as well as driving with a suspended license. But court records indicate that he pleaded guilty as charged to the counts and will be sentenced May 14th. The charges were filed following an incident in the early morning hours of August 3rd of last year when Bloomfield Township police say they responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in a restaurant parking lot. Officers say Smith appeared to be intoxicated, but drove off as soon as they got out of their patrol vehicle. They pursued him as he drove south on Telegraph Road, but once they confirmed his license plate near 14 Mile Road, they broke off the pursuit for safety reasons. Smith was arrested nearly three weeks later in Brighton by the Michigan State Police Fugitive Apprehension Team. (JK)
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