Bond has been set at $75,000 cash only for a 49-year-old Holden man accused of felony and misdemeanor charges after a reported incident in Carroll County on Monday, August 31.

According to a Carrollton Police report, the department received a report that a truck had struck a fence and left the scene of the crash. The officer then received another report that the same truck nearly struck a Carrollton Fire Department vehicle and was parked on a sidewalk. When officers arrived, they noted the truck made a U-turn and struck a fire hydrant. The suspect vehicle then backed up, nearly hitting a patrol vehicle, and sped away, leading law-enforcement officers on a high-speed pursuit. During the chase, the suspect vehicle nearly struck an occupied SUV and cut off another vehicle at an intersection. The road became blocked by commercial vehicles, and the driver pulled the truck into a parking lot behind businesses on the north side of the square. Fearing the suspect was going to continue to endanger the public by fleeing again, an officer used his patrol vehicle to push the suspect’s vehicle toward a retaining wall to block its escape. The suspect fled on foot but was apprehended about 1-1/2 blocks later.

Court documents say Danny Joe Darnell has been charged with a Class B Felony for Habitual DWI; Class E Felonies for Resisting Arrest by Fleeing and Resisting or Interfering with an Arrest for a Felony; and four driving-related misdemeanors.

Darnell is scheduled to be arraigned at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 2, at Carroll County Circuit Court.