A DoorDash delivery in Greenfield, Indiana turned into a 75 mph police pursuit on June 26 after the driver refused to pull over, ultimately running a red light, forcing a state trooper to jump out of the way, and crashing into a drainage ditch with an injured passenger still inside. Christian Omrion Britt-Morgano, a 22-year-old Alexandria, West Virginia resident, now faces multiple felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from the chase.
According to The Daily Reporter, Greenfield police first tried to stop Britt-Morgano's red Ford truck near the Hancock Wellness Center on New Road after an officer noticed the vehicle leaving a local fast-food restaurant. The truck had no license plate, and Britt-Morgano refused to stop, instead running a red light at New Road and State Road 9 as he tried to get away.
The pursuit stretched across county roads, with Britt-Morgano's truck reaching 75 mph and almost striking another vehicle on North County Road 600 East, per the paper's report. At one point, the truck's path caused an Indiana State Police trooper to run out of the way. Hancock County Sheriff's deputies attempted to deploy stop sticks at West County Road 300 North and North State Street, and the sheriff's office and Indiana State Police tried again at County Roads 300 North and 100 West — but both stop-stick deployments were unsuccessful.
Chase Ends in a Ditch, Passenger Hospitalized
The chase finally ended after the truck went into a yard and came to a stop in a drainage ditch. Britt-Morgano then exited the vehicle along with a female passenger, and he was taken into custody and to jail without further incident, the outlet reported. Officers said they found nothing illegal inside the vehicle, and the truck had not been reported stolen.
The female passenger appeared to be injured and was treated for injuries at an area hospital before later being released. She was not charged with any crime. According to the same report, she told officers Britt-Morgano lacked a driver's license and insurance for the truck, and she identified him as a DoorDash driver trying to earn money — the delivery he had been running was never completed to its destination.
She also told officers that Britt-Morgano fled despite her telling him to pull over, and that he acted out of fear when police tried to stop him. Per the report, Britt-Morgano told her he thought the truck might have been reported stolen, even though it hadn't been.
Felony Charges and a Halved Bond
Britt-Morgano was charged with a Level 5 felony count of resisting law enforcement involving a vehicle operator creating a substantial risk of injury, as well as a separate Level 5 felony count of resisting law enforcement causing moderate bodily injury, according to the Daily Reporter. He also faces a Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief charge tied to the damage his truck caused, and booking records reviewed by Hoosier Mugs show he was additionally charged with Class A misdemeanor reckless driving under Indiana law, a charge not detailed in the initial reporting.
Under Indiana Code 35-44.1-3-1, using a motor vehicle to flee a police order to stop automatically elevates resisting law enforcement from a misdemeanor to a felony, and a Level 5 felony conviction carries one to six years in prison when it results in bodily injury or creates a substantial risk of injury, with state law setting an advisory sentence of three years. As Banks & Brower notes, Indiana law significantly increases penalties whenever a vehicle is involved in evading arrest compared to fleeing on foot. Beyond prison time, a conviction under that statute also counts as a major violation toward Habitual Traffic Offender status, which the Stracci Law Group explains can trigger multi-year driver's license suspensions tracked over a rolling ten-year period.
Christian Omrion Britt-Morgano is currently held in the Hancock County Jail on a $25,000 cash bond. Hancock Superior Court 1 Judge D.J. Davis conducted an August 12 bond review hearing and lowered the bond from its original $50,000. Britt-Morgano's case was opened June 29, and he is due back in court for a pre-trial hearing on September 9.
A Judge on His Way Out, and Questions About Gig Screening
Davis is serving out the remainder of his term after losing the May 2026 Republican primary to challenger Janet Manship, according to The Daily Reporter, which reported that Davis raised under $10,000 in the race compared to more than $23,000 for Manship. Davis was also issued a public admonition by the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications in July 2023 for making statements unbecoming of a judicial officer while on prescribed medication, according to a notice from the state, and he cooperated with that ethics investigation and publicly apologized.
The case also raises unresolved questions about how Britt-Morgano was accepting DoorDash deliveries at all without a valid license or insurance. DoorDash's driver guidelines, updated in March 2026, require all motorized delivery drivers to hold a valid license and personal auto insurance and subject them to ongoing background checks through the screening service Checkr, with drivers deactivated for severe traffic or criminal violations. Separately, reporting has pointed to a broader national trend of unlicensed and unvetted drivers obtaining active delivery accounts through illicit account renting and sharing, prompting growing pressure on gig platforms to adopt real-time identity checks. It remains unclear how Britt-Morgano was operating under a DoorDash account despite lacking the credentials the platform requires.
Records also show Britt-Morgano had a parole violation hearing scheduled in Clark County, Nevada, in June 2024, pointing to prior out-of-state criminal justice supervision before his arrest in Hancock County. It is not clear from available records how, if at all, that history connects to his stated fear of law enforcement contact during the June 26 pursuit.
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