A coordinated response by three Hamilton County agencies ended a pursuit near Montgomery Road with a PIT maneuver after the driver reportedly reached 110 mph on southbound Interstate 71. No officers or bystanders were hurt, though a police cruiser and another vehicle were struck during the chase.
The pursuit began when Blue Ash police tried to stop a silver Pontiac G6 carrying a stolen license plate, according to FOX19. The driver, identified as 46-year-old Jeremy Marcum of Springdale, did not stop. Officers clocked him at up to 110 mph on southbound I-71.
The chase crossed Montgomery and Indian Hill before returning to Montgomery Road near the Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway, FOX19 reported. During the pursuit, Marcum sideswiped another vehicle and scraped a police cruiser. No officers or bystanders were injured.
Multiple Agencies Converge to End the Pursuit
Blue Ash police, Montgomery police and Hamilton County Sheriff's Office deputies took part in the response, with deputies deploying stop sticks during the pursuit, FOX19 reported. Police ended the chase near the Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway with a PIT maneuver, in which a police vehicle forces a fleeing car to turn sideways and stop.
FOX19 reported that the Ohio State Patrol has used the PIT maneuver for years as a way to stop fleeing suspects while reducing risk to others. The tactic isn't without controversy or complication elsewhere in the state: a separate report from ABC6 found that the Ohio State Highway Patrol had no division employee certified to use the maneuver at the time of that report, and that some departments nationally have dropped the tactic altogether because of changes in vehicle technology.
Hospital Evaluation, Refused Blood Test, Charges Filed
After the chase, Marcum was taken to a local hospital for evaluation and, police said, refused a blood test. FOX19 reported that he was being held without bond on charges of OVI, failure to comply with a police order or signal, receiving stolen property and driving under suspension. He was scheduled to make his first court appearance in the case at 9 a.m. Friday.
The decision to deploy a PIT maneuver always carries tradeoffs that pursuit policy is built around. As police chiefs told WKBN, pursuit decisions require weighing public safety against the need to apprehend a suspect, since “the circumstances change every second.” That same report described the PIT maneuver itself as a low-speed tactic that applies lateral pressure to a fleeing vehicle's rear quarter panel to make it spin out, stall and stop.
The late-Wednesday pursuit was not Blue Ash's first chase to end with a PIT-style takedown. WLWT previously reported on a separate high-speed chase in the city that ended with two arrests after a Pontiac Fiero crashed in a construction area. Police said that driver reached 70 mph at some points, below the 110 mph reported in Marcum's I-71 pursuit.
Another Ohio Pursuit Ends With a PIT
A separate Westlake case offers a comparison, though its reported circumstances differed. FOX8 reported on Oct. 29, 2026, that a pursuit beginning near Crocker and Clemens roads continued into Avon and ended after the driver went the wrong way on I-90 and an officer used a PIT. The Westlake account focused on wrong-way driving rather than a reported speed; it also said two loaded guns were found inside the car. In Blue Ash, the reported distinction was the driver's speed—up to 110 mph on southbound I-71—and no officers or bystanders were injured.
