Man crashes into parked cars while attempting to elude officer

A Horicon man is in custody after a short pursuit in Dodge County yesterday.

At 4:30 PM calls of an erratic driver started coming in in the City of Horicon as well as Highway 33 between Horicon and Beaver Dam.

A Dodge County sheriff’s office deputy located the vehicle on Highway 33 just outside of the city of Beaver Dam and when they attempted to stop the car, the driver accelerated in an attempt to flee from the deputy.

As the driver entered the City of Beaver Dam, he lost control and crashed into a utility power box, several signs, and then some parked cars in the parking lot of the McDonald’s at 840 Park Avenue.

The driver, 18-year-old Devon Hambly, continued to be resistive as officers removed him from the crashed vehicle and was immediately taken into custody. He received non-life-threatening injuries in the crash and was taken to Marshfield Medical Center – Beaver Dam for treatment of those injuries.

Hambly is being charged with eluding an officer, resisting/obstructing an Officer, operating while under the influence and operating without a valid driver’s license. Additionally, the Horicon Police Department will be requesting charges for operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent.