A Janesville man faces numerous felony charges after a police pursuit that ended in a foot chase across a farm field.
40-year-old Jess A. Hurley of Janesville, was arrested Friday on charges of battery to a law officer, recklessly endangering safety, felony fleeing and bail jumping.
Rock County sheriff’s deputies spotted Hurley sitting in his car at a business on Venture Drive in Janesville on Friday morning.
Hurley was wanted for false imprisonment, strangulation and battery in connection with an incident December 18th.
According to a news release, deputies in marked squad cars boxed Hurley in and then got out of their cars to take him into custody. Hurley put his car in reverse and rammed the squad car behind him. He then put his car into drive and fled, running over a deputy’s foot. The deputy suffered minor injuries.
Officers chased Hurley and eventually found his car abandoned in a farm field in La Prairie
Hurley was found walking through a field southeast of the car. He was taken into custody after a foot pursuit.
