Year in jail here for man who led police on I-70 chase

Being sentenced to a year in jail for leading authorities on a high-speed chase across Putnam County last May is probably the least of an Indianapolis man's worries.

Torvon E. Davis, 23, who allegedly stole a car in Illinois and ultimately crashed it in downtown Indianapolis, injuring two people, was sentenced Wednesday in Putnam Superior Court to a year in jail and one year suspended in a plea agreement reached with the Putnam County Prosecutor's Office.

Davis is also expected to face charges in Illinois, where he reportedly stole a 2014 Ford Escape from a Mt. Vernon dealership, as well as in Marion and Hendricks counties.

He is due to face several charges in Marion County, including resisting law enforcement with a motor vehicle causing injury, possession of a stolen vehicle, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, criminal recklessness with a motor vehicle, battery by bodily waste on a police officer, along with several traffic-related offenses.

Davis also will be facing criminal charges in Hendricks County for intentionally attempting to hit an Indiana State Police trooper on a motorcycle along Interstate 70, west of Plainfield.

In Putnam County, he had been charged with resisting law enforcement, a Class D felony; criminal recklessness, a Class A misdemeanor; and receiving stolen property, a Class D felony.

Sheriff's Department Sgt. Jon Chadd had initiated the May 8 pursuit at the Cloverdale I-70 interchange after Davis was observed speeding and driving recklessly in the eastbound lanes near the 41-mile marker.

Davis was arrested just before 9 a.m. following a vehicle pursuit that reached speeds in excess of 100 mph, and ended in downtown Indianapolis when Davis crashed into another vehicle and a bicyclist at Meridian and Maryland streets. The driver and the bike rider both sustained minor injuries.

Following the crash, Davis led authorities on a short foot pursuit into a parking garage on Meridian Street, just north of the Hard Rock Cafe, where he was captured minutes later by an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer.

Deputy Prosecutor James Hanner asked Davis Wednesday afternoon what he was even doing in the Putnam County area.

"To tell the truth," Davis told the court, "I was under the influence of some drugs and don't know how I got to your county."

Court documents indicate it was by stealing the vehicle in Illinois and driving it across I-70.

The charges here are likely just the tip of the iceberg for Davis.

With charges from at least two other counties pending, Judge Bridges was uncertain how it would all play out after Davis' initial sentencing occurred in his court.

"When he gets all his time," Hanner interjected, "maybe he can petition to modify that, judge."

In the meantime, he was remanded to the Putnam County Jail.