TH man in custody after crashing car, fleeing scene

By Lucy Perry 
Indiana Central News

A Terre Haute man was arrested after fleeing police respondmg to a domestic battery call last night.
 
Michael J. Cheesman, 50, was booked into the Vigo County Jail around 11:45 p.m. He is charged with resisting law enforcement, domestic battery and leaving the scence of a property damage accident.
 
Terre Haute Police Department officers responded to the 900 block of S.19th Street around 8 p.m. The suspect attempted to flee in a black car and crashed it, He then fled the scene on foot. The vehicle was towed from the scene with heavy front end damage.

Officers located Cheesman later in the night. He remains held on $10,000 bond, no 10 percent allowed.

The THPD did not respond to a request for additional information .