Jeremy J Ott, 29, of Doylestown Township.
A Doylestown Township man is being extradited from Atlantic City to Central Bucks Regional Police headquarters after being apprehended during a traffic stop on a felony warrant of endangering the welfare of children and fleeing police from a July incident in Doylestown Borough.
In addition to the two felony charges, Jeremy Joseph Ott, 29, is also charged with misdemeanor offenses of reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, and illegally operating a car without an ignition interlock, police said. Ott is also charged with driving with a suspended license and other traffic violations, police said.
According to a news release from Central Bucks Regional Police Department, a reckless driver in Doylestown Borough was reported on July 19, and police saw the vehicle in question and conducted a traffic stop.
Police said Ott was the driver and was known to have a suspended license as a result of a recent DUI arrest. Ott, police allege, did not stop and sped away from police in a 25 mph zone on Oakland Avenue.
The road was crowded with vehicles and people on sidewalks, police said. In an abundance of caution, police did not pursue Ott at the same rate of speed, losing him in the pursuit, according to the release.
A short time later, police found Ott’s car stopped on the roadway of Hidden Den Circle, but he ran from the car into the woods, leaving behind two passengers, including a juvenile, police said.
Police were unable to find Ott at the time.
On Monday, police were advised that Ott was detaind on the arrest warrant by Atlantic City Police Department, police said.
According to Pennsylvania court records, Ott has five active cases in Bucks County, including three at the Common Pleas level, filed as far back as September 2016.
Ott was arrested and charged in June by Central Bucks Regional Police on misdemeanor DUI and drug offenses and is awaiting an August preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Mark D. Douple.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
