Driver Charged With Fleeing Police, Endangering Others In Doylestown

DOYLESTOWN, PA — A man wanted in Doylestown for fleeing from police at a high rate of speed and putting others in danger has been apprehended in Atlantic City, New Jersey, following a traffic stop and will be extradited to Pennsylvania to face charges.

The Central Bucks Police Department has charged Jeremy Joseph Ott, 29, of Doylestown, with endangering children, fleeing police, recklessly endangering others, resisting arrest, illegal operation of a vehicle without ignition interlock, driving while suspended and four traffic violations.

On July 19, police received reports of a reckless driver in Doylestown Borough. Police observed the vehicle and attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The vehicle was being driven by Jeremey Ott, known to police as having a suspended driver’s license as a result of a recent DUI arrest.

Police said Ott did not stop and sped away at a high rate of speed in a 25-mph zone where roadways were crowded with vehicles and pedestrians were using the sidewalks.

In an abundance of caution, police did not pursue Ott at the same rate of speed, which caused police to lose sight of the vehicle. A short time later, police found Ott’s vehicle stopped on the roadway on Hidden Den Circle.

Ott ran from the vehicle into a wooded area leaving two passengers, one of which was a juvenile, inside the vehicle. Police were unable to locate Ott at that time.

Police filed a criminal complaint and obtained an arrest warrant. They were later advised that Ott had been detained on the warrant by the Atlantic City Police Department following a traffic stop. Ott is being extradited from New Jersey to Pennsylvania to answer the charges against him.