A Chicago man with a gun and hashish in his car allegedly led police on a chase in Northwest Indiana that led to a rollover crash Saturday morning.
Varnell Dixon, 23, was charged with six felonies, 5 misdemeanors and two site visitors violations, Indiana State Police mentioned. His felony expenses embody illegal possession of a firearm by a severe violent felon, resisting regulation enforcement with a car and theft of a firearm, whereas the misdemeanors embody dealing marijuana and reckless driving leading to harm.
Varnell DixonIndiana State Police
Dixon was allegedly seen driving 95 mph about 1:50 a.m. in a 55-mph zone of eastbound Interstate 80/94 close to Gary, Indiana State Police mentioned.
Dixon allegedly swerved out and in of site visitors as he tried to evade a trooper, ultimately exiting at Cline Avenue the place he misplaced management of his Infiniti Q50 and rolled over a number of instances, police mentioned. He was ejected by the sunroof and brought to Northlake Methodist Hospital in Gary to be handled for minor accidents.
Investigators allegedly discovered a Glock 9mm handgun and 17 individually packaged grams of marijuana within the wreckage, police mentioned. Other priceless objects had been additionally recovered from the crash, and investigators are within the technique of figuring out whom they belong to.
The Infiniti was rented from an Enterprise Rent-A-Car, police mentioned.
Dixon is being held at Lake County Jail.