Monterey Man Injured Following Pursuit In Allegedly Stolen Vehicle

A Monterey man was injured after a pursuit with Starke County police on Tuesday.

Information was received by Sheriff’s Department deputies that Bobby Jewel was driving a stolen pick-up and manufacturing methamphetamine in the Monterey area in Starke County.

Officers located the vehicle in the roadway on Lincoln Street, but when they approached the vehicle, it sped away. A traffic stop was attempted on the vehicle for unsafe start, but the driver ignored the lights and sirens. The pursuit ended after the vehicle went through a shed and a chain link fence in a yard on Adams Street in Monterey.

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