A Kennesaw man was treated for minor injuries after a brief pursuit with a Habersham County Sheriff’s Office H.E.A.T. unit early Monday morning, according to authorities.
Just after 12:20 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 23, authorities say a member of the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic unit attempted to stop a blue Infinity driven by Steven Kristopher Wilke, 36, of Kennesaw, on Ga. 365 southbound near Cody Road.
At the intersection of Old Historic 441 at Ga. 15/U.S. 441, the suspect “apparently wasn’t familiar with the area and continued across and crashed into the guardrail on the northbound side,” Special Operations Lt. Travis Jarrell said Monday afternoon.
Wilke was taken into custody and transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville for treatment. He then was returned to the Habersham County Detention Center in Clarkesville just before 6 a.m. Monday.
Wilke is charged with two counts of DUI, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, driving while license suspended or revoked, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug-related objects, too fast for conditions, failure to maintain lane, failure to obey stop sign, headlight requirements and giving wrong signal.
Authorities said Wilke remained in jail Monday morning. The Georgia State Patrol investigated the collision between Wilke’s vehicle and the guardrail on Ga. 15/U.S. 441 just outside Tallulah Falls.
