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**lewisipso** · 03-05-10, 06:04 PM

Union man driving go-kart tries to elude police

A go-kart didn’t have enough go for a Union man to elude a sheriff’s deputy last week.

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Union County authorities arrested and charged Edward Matthew Sweezy, 29, of 1223 Arthur Blvd., Union, with resisting arrest, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and public drunkenness last Friday after a deputy stopped Sweezy, who was driving a go-kart near the intersection of Richard Street and Lakeview Heights.
The deputy heard a report of a stolen go-kart on his radio and turned on his blue lights and siren after spotting it on Richard Street, less than a half mile from Sweezy’s residence at about 5:50 p.m., according to an incident report.
The deputy reported, “Sweezy was intoxicated and became irate when I asked him to step off the go-kart and began to curse and yell.”
The deputy told Sweezy to turn around and put his hands behind his back, and the deputy and Sweezy got into a brief struggle

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