Man Jailed After Taunting Police, Daring Them To Catch Him

POSTED: 8:00 am MST March 10, 2007
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Toxicology results for drugs haven't been released , but police believe a man who called 911 and taunted police for about three hours Friday was "obviously high on something."

Alexander Craig, 21, was being held on suspicion of vehicular eluding, DUI and resisting arrest after making about 10 calls between 8:30 and 11 p.m. Thursday and leading police on a chase.

"He called 911 and said, 'I'm hammered ... come get me,"' said Sgt. Rob Kelley.

He described his car, dropped clues of where he was and even gave his name.

About 20 officers were involved in the search, but could find Craig.

"He said we need to try harder to find him. He said he couldn't believe he hasn't been caught yet," Kelley said.

After nearly two hours, Craig found them. He pulled up in front of squad cars and drove off, running red lights, driving down the wrong side of the street and jumping medians. He was caught when his car, leaking fluids, broke down and police used a stun gun on him.

Intoxicated drivers usually try to stay under the radar, Kelley said.

"For somebody to call us -- that's a first in 20 years I'm aware of," he said.