SAME NAME DIFFERENT COUNTY: Sumter County assault suspect arrested after pursuit ends in Lee County cornfield

44-year-old man taken into custody after vehicle chase faces charges in Sumter and Lee Counties

SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — A 44-year-old Sumter man is facing multiple charges after leading Sumter County Sheriff's deputies on a vehicle pursuit that ended when the suspect crashed in a Lee County cornfield.

Sumter County Sheriff's Office states that deputies were responding to a report of an assault-in-progress on Jerry Street in Sumter on April 6 when they observed a vehicle described as belonging to the suspect passing them on the highway. 

Deputies initiated lights and sirens and attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver, later identified as Daniel Frank McLeod, led deputies on a pursuit into neighboring Lee County, where McLeod eventually crashed into a cornfield.

McLeod was taken into custody and transported to Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital in Sumter for treatment. He was arrested on April 15 on two counts of first-degree assault and battery related to the Jerry Street incident, as well as failure to stop for blue lights, and reckless driving from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. He is currently being held on bonds totaling $49,087.50 at the Sumter County Sheriff's Office Detention Center. 

McLeod is also facing charges issued by the Lee County Sheriff's Office for third-degree assault and battery and throwing bodily fluids by a prisoner.



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