Charges of fleeing an officer and numerous counts of drug possession have been filed against an Antigo man after a high-speed chase in Shawano County on Friday night.
Romeao M. Cavitt, 38, allegedly fled from an attempted traffic stop at Genesee Street and state Highway 29 shortly before 10 p.m.
Shawano County authorities received an anonymous tip that a man wanted by authorities in Antigo was seen at a store in Wittenberg driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee, according to the criminal complaint.
A sheriff’s deputy spotted the vehicle leaving the store parking lot.
When the deputy tried pulling the vehicle over, it sped off, starting a chase that continued into Marathon County at speeds in excess of 100 mph, according to the complaint.
The vehicle crashed in a wooded area and the driver fled into the woods on foot.
Marathon County authorities, the Everest Metro Police Department K-9 unit and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources assisted in tracking the suspect through the snow-covered woods in a foot chase that crossed two barb-wire fences and ice-covered creeks and streams.
The driver, later identified as Cavitt, according to the complaint, was found hiding in an enclosed raised hunting stand.
According to the complaint, authorities also found plastic baggies of various drugs that had been dropped near the vehicle.
The bags contained 3.4 grams of marijuana, 7.7 grams of heroin and 4.5 grams of methamphetamine, according to the complaint.
Cavitt could face a maximum 3½ years in prison and a $10,000 fine on each of the felony counts charged against him — fleeing an officer, second or subsequent offense possession of marijuana, possession of methamphetamine, and two counts of possession of narcotics drugs.
He was ordered held on a $3,500 cash bond and was scheduled for a preliminary hearing Friday.
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