
A trial setting has been scheduled for a St. Joseph man accused of forcing his girlfriend into a vehicle and leading police on a high-speed chase.
Mark Clevenger, 31 was charged March in Buchanan County with a felony for resisting arrest and a misdemeanor DWI. Monday, a trial setting was set for June 10.
According to court documents, Clevenger is accused of assaulting his girlfriend by forcing her into a vehicle against her will and then eluding police in a forty minute high speed car chase. Eric Powell, an officer with the St. Joseph Police Dept. said in court documents that once Clevenger had the woman in the car he left at a high rate of speed. The felony complaint said the vehicle made it up to speeds on highways in excess of 100 miles per hour.
Clevenger is currently out on bond.