On Friday October 25th at 3 p.m.,  Danville Police were investigating the sale of narcotics at a local hotel.  Officers observed a male subject believed to be involved leaving the area in a Nissan Altima.  Officers initiated a traffic stop after observing a traffic violation and registration violation.  The operator stopped in the parking lot of McDonalds on Jane Trail.  

As an officer approached, the driver fled at a high rate of speed onto Jane Trail.  Other responding officers attempted to stop the vehicle as it turned onto Walton Avenue before turning left onto Popplewell Lane.  Once on Popplewell Lane the vehicle entered a private driveway before running through a fence to evade officers.  The driver circled back toward the area of Walmart where he hit a curb, rendering the vehicle inoperable near the front entrance of Walmart.  

The driver then attempted to flee on foot before being apprehended by Danville Police after a successful taser deployment.  The driver was identified as Michael D. Brown, 40 of Danville.  

Brown was arrested on multiple charges that include a multitude of traffic offenses, parole violation warrant, wanton endangerment, fleeing/evading police 1st degree motor vehicle, fleeing/evading police 2nd degree on foot, criminal mischief, and resisting arrest.  

The arrest of Brown lead to a search of his hotel room located at Quality Inn.  That search yielded just under 5 ounces of methamphetamine, along with marijuana and drug paraphernalia.  A search of Brown at the Boyle County Detention Center uncovered additional methamphetamine and fentanyl hidden inside his body.  

Brown was charged additionally with trafficking methamphetamine, trafficking fentanyl, trafficking marijuana, and tampering with physical evidence.