CLARE COUNTY - On Dec. 31 at 5:45 p.m. the Clare County Central Dispatch received a call from a person living in Lake who reported his vehicle had been stolen.
A deputy with the Clare County Sheriff’s Office was sent to an address on North Shore Drive in Garfield Township, where the deputy met with the victim. During the investigation, it was determined the victim’s 2024 Chevrolet Trax, which had been parked in the garage, had been taken without the owner’s permission, deputies said.
A short time after the vehicle was reported stolen, deputies located the stolen vehicle on Lake Station Avenue near Rolling Road, they said.
When deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle accelerated, they said.
During the pursuit of the stolen vehicle, deputies were able to contact OnStar Corporation, which was able to slow and stop the stolen vehicle, deputies said.
Once the vehicle was stopped, the driver and a passenger exited the vehicle and fled on foot, deputies said.
Deputies were able to locate the driver, who was identified as Codi Medford, a 30-year-old Farwell man, and take him into custody, they said. The passenger, 29-year-old Dru Tyler, a Farwell woman, was located a short time later and taken into custody for a bond violation, deputies said.
Medford was charged with one count of motor vehicle-unlawful driving away, one count of flee and eluding a police officer 4th degree, one count of resisting and obstructing a police officer, and one count of driving with a suspended license. He was arraigned in the 80th District Court Clare County on Jan. 3.
At the time of the incident, Medford had two failure to appear warrants, deputies said.