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                Deputy Jesse Hicks of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged Jonathan Trey Sloan, 31, address listed as Dobbins Street in Marion, with fleeing to elude arrest, possession of a firearm by a felon, driving while license revoked, failure to stop at a stop sign, failure to stop at a red light, possession of marijuana and possession of methamphetamine.
                At 3:55 a.m. on Wednesday, April 3, Hicks was patrolling on Veterans Drive, when he spotted a motorcycle with an altered registration tag. When Hicks tried to stop the motorcycle, the driver sped up, leading the deputy on a pursuit to West Tate Street and U.S. 221 North, where the suspect was traveling north in the southbound lanes.
                Above Baxter Healthcare, the motorcycle tried to drive through a field, hit a drainage ditch and flipped.
                Hicks recognized the driver as Sloan. A search of Sloan and the bike turned up a handgun and small amounts of methamphetamine and marijuana.