A Dahlonega man faces multiple felony charges after he was arrested for leading deputies on a police chase that ended in a wreck in Cleveland.
Levi Flake was arrested Nov. 24 after the Jeep Wrangler he was driving crashed into a shop on Cleveland’s downtown square. The wreck damaged The Rustic Rooster’s roof.
In a cell phone video captured by a bystander, Flake can be heard wailing as White County deputies cart him off to jail in handcuffs.
Wednesday night at 6 p.m., the White County Sheriff’s Office was contacted about a stabbing that occurred near Cleveland, and that the suspect, Flake, had fled the scene. A “be on the lookout” (BOLO) notice was placed for Flake’s vehicle. He was spotted in Lumpkin County by deputies who initiated a traffic stop. Flake fled from the Lumpkin deputies, beginning the chase. During the chase, Flake wrecked a Lumpkin patrol unit.
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The chase ended when Flake wrecked his vehicle in the Cleveland downtown square, hitting a civilian’s vehicle.
Neither the initial stabbing victim nor the occupants of the vehicle that Flake collided with suffered any life-threatening injuries, according to the White County Sheriff’s Office.
Flake was booked into the White County jail on charges of aggravated assault and three counts of felony fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.
A judge set Flake’s bond at $11,500 – $10,000 for the assault charge and $500 for each felony fleeing charge, online jail records show.
As of Monday morning, Nov. 29, Flake was still being held in the White County Detention Center.
