High-Speed Chase Ends in Arrest

QUITMAN — Wood County authorities say an arrest has been made following a high-speed chase. According to KETK, deputies responded to a disturbance on CR 3876 in the Hainesville area Friday at approximately 2:00 a.m. While deputies were taking an assault report from the victims, the officers reported that shots had been fired in their direction. The officers say they gave chase after a man in a vehicle that fled the area at a high rate of speed. According to the sheriff’s department, the man fled the vehicle on foot, other officers were called — and at approximately 6:07 a.m., the man was taken into custody without further incident. 31-year-old David Clifton was booked into the Wood County Jail for assault. The sheriff’s office is looking into possible other charges that may be filed.