Wanted And Armed Man Leads Police On Chase

A Blount Co. man wanted for Failure to appear in court led police on a 2 county car chase that ended when his car went airborne for 100 yards and crashed upside down. According to al.com,Greg Fowler of Oneonta was involved in a wreck and was charged with DUI after that crash, while he was already on probation for other non-violent charges in municipal court.

Fowler had a court appearance Wednesday night in city court. At that time, the judge revoked his probation on the earlier charges but allowed him to take home his mother who had attended court with him.He was supposed to return to jail after taking home his mother, but never showed up.

Officers found that he had stolen his mother's gun, was threatening suicide. He then stole an SUV, rammed police cars and led pursuers on the car chase that ended when the SUV went airborne for 100 yards and crashed upside down.