Leader Staff
A 30-year-old Shawano man arrested for alleged drunken driving in a stolen vehicle last week is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Thursday in Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court.
Leoman E. Teller was ordered held on a $2,500 cash bond Monday.
He was taken into custody by Shawano County sheriff’s deputies about 4 p.m. Thursday after ditching the stolen vehicle and fleeing on foot, according to the criminal complaint.
The vehicle had been reported stolen in the 900 block of South Prospect Street in Shawano shortly after 7 a.m., according to Shawano Police Department reports.
The unlocked vehicle had reportedly been stolen overnight and had keys inside, according to the police report.
Authorities were advised about 3 p.m. that the vehicle had been spotted heading south on state Highway 47-55 in Wescott.
A sheriff’s deputy attempted to pull the vehicle over, and it pulled into a parking lot on Old Keshena Road.
Teller was later located by the sheriff’s department canine unit hiding under a canoe near the area where he had last been seen, according to the complaint.