A 34-year-old Roseville man is facing multiple felony charges after prosecutors say he fled from Eastpointe police in the early hours of Friday, November 6, drove toward a police sergeant, struck another officer's vehicle and then ran from his car carrying a knife before Warren police arrested him, the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office said, as reported by FOX 2 Detroit and WDIV ClickOnDetroit.

According to the Prosecutor's Office, Eastpointe police tried to stop the vehicle at about 2:30 a.m. on Friday following a reported felonious assault. The driver, identified by prosecutors as Demarco Jeremiah Vines, 34, of Roseville, allegedly drove away instead, leading officers on a pursuit through the city in Macomb County, just north of Detroit.

During the chase, prosecutors say, Vines drove into traffic toward a police sergeant and then struck and damaged another officer's vehicle near Gratiot Avenue. A second officer then crashed a patrol vehicle into Vines' car near 8 Mile Road and Gratiot Avenue, bringing the pursuit to an end, according to the accounts given to both stations.

Officials say Vines then ran from the vehicle while carrying a knife. Warren police later located and arrested him. Despite the collisions involving police vehicles, no injuries were reported in the crashes, prosecutors and the stations said.

The charges and a $750,000 bond

Vines was arraigned on Friday in Eastpointe on multiple felony charges. According to prosecutors, they are third-degree fleeing and eluding police, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison; two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, also called felonious assault, each a felony punishable by up to four years; and assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer, a felony punishable by up to two years.

His bond was set at $750,000. If he is released on bond, prosecutors said, he must wear a GPS tether, remain under house arrest and refrain from driving.

WDIV, reporting the prosecutor's announcement, described the case as involving an alleged stabbing attempt as well as the police chase — the reported felonious assault that prosecutors say came before the attempted traffic stop. The detailed allegations will be tested in court; the accounts published so far come from the Prosecutor's Office.

The law behind the fleeing charge

Michigan's fleeing and eluding law, MCL 257.602a, makes it a felony to willfully fail to obey a lawful signal to stop from a police officer, and the state grades the offence in four degrees. Fourth degree carries up to two years; third degree — the charge filed here — carries up to five years and can apply where a collision occurs or where the flight happens in an area with a posted speed limit of 35 mph or less; second degree carries up to 10 years and first degree up to 15 years where a death results. Which degree applies depends on the circumstances prosecutors can prove.

A busy corner of Metro Detroit

The pursuit ended at 8 Mile Road and Gratiot Avenue, one of the busiest junctions on Detroit's east side border. Eight Mile Road is the dividing line between Detroit and its northern suburbs, including Eastpointe and Roseville, and Gratiot Avenue is a major radial route carrying commuters, buses and delivery traffic between downtown Detroit and Macomb County around the clock — which is why a chase there, even at 2:30 in the morning, draws a major police response.

What happens next

A probable cause conference is scheduled for November 17, 2026. In Michigan felony cases, that conference — held after arraignment in district court — is where prosecutors and the defence discuss the case; if it is not resolved, a preliminary examination follows, at which a judge decides whether there is enough evidence to send the case to circuit court for further proceedings. Awaaz Punjab will follow the case as it moves through the Macomb County courts.