Suspect captured in high-speed chase
TONY BROWN/DAILY FORUM
Officers escort suspect Eric Glidewell, third from left, toward the Nodaway County Jail Tuesday. Glidewell was arrested without incident a few miles east of Graham following a high-speed chase that stretched from Highway 46 to Fortune Road at 375th Street.
Law officers from two counties and multiple agencies engaged in a high-speed chase Tuesday morning that ended with the arrest of a St. Joseph man in southern Nodaway County a few miles east of Graham.
According to the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Department, the chase began at 9:50 a.m. close to the intersection of Fourth Street and University Drive near the main entrance to Northwest Missouri State University and ended almost exactly 30 minutes later. Charges are still pending.
The suspect, identified as Eric Glidewell, was behind the wheel of a golden brown Pontiac Grand Prix when he failed to yield to a Maryville Public Safety patrol car and exited Maryville westbound on Highway 46.
Speeds during the resulting chase approached 100 mph before the suspect turned south on Fairway Road just west of the Route AB intersection.
The chase continued for several minutes on Fairway then branched onto several gravel and dirt roads not far from the Andrew County line.
Glidewell was captured after he abandoned his vehicle and attempted to flee on foot through a field. Officers followed by car, and the suspect surrendered without incident.
“He just laid down,” MPS Officer Matt Hoza said.
Shortly after Glidewell was incarcerated at the Nodaway County jail, Maryville Public Safety Detective Detective Ryan Glidden said authorities were still trying to find out why the suspect initially sought to evade police.
The Pontiac was towed from the scene and impounded as evidence at MPS headquarters.
Sheriff Darren White said Maryville police acted as the lead agency throughout the chase, which also involved deputies from Andrew and Nodaway counties, Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers and, briefly, a civilian aircraft dispatched from Northwest Missouri Regional Airport.
White said the chase ended shortly after the airplane took off.
