Man on scooter leads Vinton Police on low speed chase

  A man is charged with leading Vinton police on a winding, low speed chase last week on a scooter.

  Joel Dollarhite is charged with driving with intoxicated, resisting assist, felony eluding police, and destruction of property.

  He is currently in the Roanoke County-Salem Jail.

  Police say Dollarhite was drunk and refused to pull over on his scooter late on the night of June 3rd.

  The police dashcam video shows Dollarhite leading police on a chase through Hardy Road, into an apartment complex, then up into a populated neighborhood.

  An officer said on the tape Dollarhite almost caused five accidents.

  The scooter can be clearly seen at one point narrowly avoiding hitting one of the Vinton police cruisers head on.

  Once he ditched his scooter on Aragona Drive, police caught Dollarhite after a short foot chase.

  At one point, an officer can be heard on the asking Dollarhite why he was “acting like an idiot?“

  Dollarhite responded by laughing, shouting, and asking officers to shoot or taser him.

  Shortly after his arrest, Dollarhite can also be heard on the tape bragging about leading police on the chase.

  “I gave [the police] a damn good run on a scooter,“ Dollarhite shouts while laughing.  “[It won’t] go no faster than 25 mph.“