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May 22, 2009

<font color=green>P.M. UPDATE: </font>Eufaula man jailed after stealing police car

A Eufaula man is jailed in lieu of $126,000 bond after escaping custody and leading lawmen on a high-speed chase that totaled at least one police car and damaged others.

Eddie Nathan Barnett, 24, was arrested about 3 a.m. Sunday for driving under the influence. As two police officers searched his vehicle, he waited outside the vehicle.

He was handcuffed behind his back and managed to slip his hands to the front. He jumped into a police car and sped away, according to Eufaula Police Chief Don Murray.

A McIntosh County Sheriff’s Deputy joined in the high-speed chase involving speeds of up to 125 miles per hour. When Barnett turned a right corner, the police car immediately behind him did too, but the deputy’s vehicle slammed into the back of the police car, totaling it, police confirmed.

Barnett was arrested near Holdenville, almost 70 miles from the onset of the chase, which was four miles west of Eufaula on Oklahoma 9.

He is charged with felony driving under the influence, assault with a dangerous weapon, attempting to elude a police officer, larceny of an automobile and escape from arrest or detention.

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