Jeremy J Ott, 29, of Doylestown Township.
In a negotiated guilty plea, a Doylestown Township man avoided prosecution on felony child endangerment charges this month in Bucks County court, and was sent to jail for one to two years for admitting to fleeing from police and recklessly endangering numerous people.
Jeremy Joseph Ott, 29, was extradited from Atlantic City last summer on the charges. In addition to the felony fleeing from police charge, Ott also pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person and misdemeanor illegally driving a vehicle without a required ignition interlock, and summary driving with a suspended license, according to court documents.
The summary charge resulted in 60 days of confinement, concurrent with the felony sentence, per court documents.
Ott received credit for time served in Bucks County jail since May 13, 2025, according to records.
Along with the felony child endangerment charge, summary charges of careless driving, reckless driving, failure to stop at stop signs, and driving with illegal tinted windows were dismissed.
According to Central Bucks Regional Police Department, a reckless driver in Doylestown Borough was reported on July 19, 2024, and police saw the vehicle in question and conducted a traffic stop.
Police said Ott was the driver and was known for having a suspended license because of a recent DUI arrest.
Ott 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.
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 were unable to find Ott at the time.
Then, on Aug. 5, police were advised that Ott was detained on the arrest warrant by Atlantic City Police Department.
According to Pennsylvania court records, at the time of his arrest, Ott had five active cases in Bucks County, including three at the Common Pleas level, filed as far back as September 2016.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
