PERRYSBURG, Ohio — A Sylvania Township man is facing multiple charges after an hourlong, multi-agency pursuit on Sunday night that ended in the driveway of his Meadow Green Drive home.
Brent Wright, 61, appeared in Perrysburg Municipal Court on Monday to be arraigned on OVI, failure to comply, tampering with evidence, and stoplight violations. Failure to comply and tampering with evidence are third-degree felonies. The others are misdemeanors. Wright pleaded not guilty.
Court records indicate a blood test revealed a blood-alcohol content of .09, just over the .08 legal limit in Ohio.
WTOL 11 reviewed bodycam and dashcam footage of the pursuit, which involved several departments, including officers from Perrysburg, Sylvania Township, Rossford, the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Lucas County Sheriff’s Department.
You can view the full dashcam video here:
At 6:48 p.m., a Perrysburg officer tried to initiate a traffic stop on Fremont Pike in Perrysburg. Wright’s green Subaru SUV can be seen rolling through a stoplight near the I-75 entrance.
As the officer began pursuing him, other cars joined the more than 20-mile pursuit. In Perrysburg Township, the Subaru went off the road and through backyards and front yards. He then led officers down State Rt. 199, onto Roachton, and eventually to the northbound I-475 entrance on State Route 25.
At that point, a Rossford officer deployed spikes, puncturing a tire. Wright was able to accelerate to close to 80 mph before his tire began to shred and his speed dropped to 20 mph, according to reports.
On I-475, officers boxed him in, but he pushed a vehicle aside. Perrysburg dashboard footage showed the Subaru striking or brushing several vehicles before it exited I-475 at Airport Highway.
Eventually, the pursuit led to the Monarch Meadows subdivision in Sylvania Township. Several troopers and Sylvania Township officers were waiting in the development, suspecting he was headed to his home.
On the bodycam of a Sylvania Township officer, sirens can be heard wailing in the background as one officer asked if they should get out of the roadway. The other officer responded that he was only going 20 mph. Then the Subaru rolled past, followed by a parade of vehicles from OSHP, the sheriff’s department and Perrysburg.
After Wright was pulled from his car, he was handcuffed on the ground and taken into custody.
