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Crashing ATV doesn't spare man from jail
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A man who ran from police on a four-wheeler before crashing into a building has been sentenced to eight months in jail.The man, Tyler David Shannon, 26, entered guilty pleas to charges of vehicular assault, DUI, reckless endangerment, evading arrest and driving on a revoked license. He was ordered by Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to serve 240 days of a five-year sentence and to perform 60 hours public service work, pay $500 plus costs, make restitution and lose his driver license.His sentence comes after police began chasing Shannon on an ATV earlier this year after it was reported the four-wheeler had been used in a vehicular assault in neighboring Van Buren County where the victim was seriously injured.Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Vann saw the ATV on Manchester Highway. “The ATV was traveling with no lights on the front or rear,” the officer revealed of his first sight of the suspect the evening in question.