Riding a motorcycle recklessly and fleeing police resulted in a Scottsburg man lodged in jail last Wednesday night.
Around 9:20 p.m., Indiana State Police Sgt. Tracy Spencer was patrolling State Road 56 near US Highway 31 when he observed a motorcycle traveling west on SR56 doing a wheelie. After the motorcycle’s front wheel was back on the ground and had driven by Sergeant Spencer, the officer turned around behind the vehicle and attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the motorcycle. The motorcycle accelerated by another motorist before disregarding a red traffic light, according to Master Trooper Philip T. Hensley.
The motorcycle rider, later identified as Christian J. Lindeblad, 29 of Scottsburg, continued to flee from law enforcement, disregarding multiple stop signs at intersections in Scottsburg as well as driving off road through grass. During the pursuit, the motorcycle had traveled head on at a Scott County deputy before turning, according to Hensley.
At US 31 near Fairground Road, the motorcycle again left the roadway, driving between homes in the subdivision. The motorcycle was abandoned in the yard of a home on Jarin Court, where the rider fled on foot.
While speaking with residents in the area, Sgt. Spencer learned that the rider lived at the home in which the motorcycle had been abandoned.
When summoned Lindeblad voluntarily came out of his home and was placed into custody without incident.
Lindeblad was booked in to Scott County Jail at 10:01 p.m. where he faces charges of reckless driving and felony resisting law enforcement with a vehicle along with disregarding a traffic signal and thre counts of disregarding a stop sign.
On Oct. 25, Circuit Court Magistrate Alison Frazier set his bond at $35,000 which he posted and was released from jail at 1:30 p.m.