Midnight Mayhem: A Routine Check Spirals into a High-Speed Chase and Tense Standoff

It began, as these things often do, with something seemingly minor: a call about a man, slumped over the wheel of a running car. Early Monday morning, just after midnight, the Daviess County Sheriff's Department received that very report. The location? A gas station, perhaps surprisingly, right there on Highway 54. Deputies, you could say, responded promptly, arriving to find Daniel B. Stewart in that exact predicament.

Now, here's where the narrative takes a sharp turn, because it turns out Mr. Stewart, for whatever reason, had a few outstanding warrants. A quick check, and the deputies knew they couldn't just let this go. They asked him, quite reasonably, to step out of the vehicle. But Stewart, well, he apparently had other plans. He refused, and then, in a blink, the car was in drive, and he was gone.

And so, a pursuit began. It wasn't a leisurely drive, not by any stretch; speeds, we're told, climbed to a brisk 80 miles per hour. The chase wove through the Daviess County night until, finally, Stewart pulled into a parking lot on Frederica Street. You might think, "Ah, that's the end of it," but oh no, not quite. The struggle, it seemed, was far from over.

When deputies tried to take him into custody, Stewart, honestly, wasn't going quietly. A physical altercation ensued, a struggle that forced officers to deploy a Taser to finally subdue him. It's a messy business, resisting arrest, and it often leads to more trouble than it's worth, as it certainly did in this instance.

Ultimately, Stewart was arrested and now faces a litany of charges. We're talking first-degree fleeing or evading police by motor vehicle, which, let's be frank, is serious business. Then there's resisting arrest, two counts of third-degree assault on a police officer — a stark reminder of the dangers officers face — reckless driving, disregarding a stop sign, and, naturally, driving on a suspended license. As if that weren't enough, he was also found to be in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. All these, on top of those initial warrants from both Daviess and Hancock counties. He's currently lodged, as expected, in the Daviess County Detention Center, awaiting what's next.