Man leads law enforcement on chase

A man who was holding his wife in a vehicle without her consent led several law enforcement agencies in a pursuit from Corinth into Cooke County on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

Corinth police Lt. Carrie West said Corinth officers responded to a report that a woman had been kidnapped and was in a car with a man driving through the city on Interstate 35E.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers joined Corinth officers in pursuing the vehicle. Denton County sheriff’s deputies later joined the pursuit north through the county to the county line.

Trooper Lonny Haschel, DPS spokesman, said his agency was notified about 5:45 p.m. and began pursuing the Nissan Murano northbound on I-35E. The troopers followed the vehicle about 25 miles before the driver lost control, he said. The wife fled the car, but there was a brief standoff before the driver emerged from the vehicle.

According to dispatch notes, the man had used methamphetamine and taken anti-anxiety drugs and threatened to hit a bridge with the car or force officers to shoot him.

Troopers threw out spikes at the north end of Loop 288, flattening two tires, but the man continued driving on the rims until he neared Valley View, where he lost control of the vehicle and stopped.

According to the dispatch records, he asked the troopers to kill him.

Larry Clanton, 56, of Austin remained Thursday in Denton County Jail in lieu of $125,000 bail on charges of aggravated kidnapping, evading arrest in a vehicle, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a prohibited weapon.

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