(Harrington, Del) - Sunday morning January 31st Harrington Police arrested a Felton man after he attempted to flee from police in a vehicle. While on patrol at approximately 9:00 am a Harrington Officer on patrol observed a vehicle traveling on South DuPont Hwy. with tinted windows and through a registration check the officer determined the vehicle did not have a valid tint waiver. The officer then conducted a traffic stop in the parking lot of the Quality Suites on Corn Crib Rd.
The officer approached the driver of the vehicle and asked for identification. The driver, could not provide any identification but gave the officer a name and date of birth. The officer then conducted a computer check and was unable to confirm the driver's identity. The officer then requested assistance and another Harrington Officer arrived to assist.
Both officers then asked the driver to exit the vehicle. The driver then started up the vehicle and fled the traffic stop at a high rate of speed almost hitting both officers. While fleeing from police the vehicle struck a police vehicle causing it to become inoperable. The vehicle continued to travel at a high rate of speed through the parking lot and onto Corn Crib Rd. While entering onto Corn Crib Rd., the vehicle failed to negotiate a turn and left the roadway and overturned into a ditch. The driver still refused to exit the vehicle and was finally removed from the vehicle by officers and taken into custody.
The driver was then identified as Brain S. Oneill 41, of the 10000 Block of South Dupont Hwy. in Felton. Oneill was taken to Milford Memorial Hospital for non-life threatening injuries and later released. After being released, he was taken to the Harrington Police Department for processing. A computer check found that Oneill was wanted by Delaware State Police Troop 3 for one count of harassment. Harrington Police charged him with two counts of Reckless Endangering First Degree, Disregarding a Police Officer Signal, Criminal Mischief over $5,000, Criminal Impersonation, Resisting Arrest and several traffic charges. Oneill was arraigned via video phone at Justice of the Peace 7 on all charges. He was issued a $12,754 secured bond and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institute in default of bond.