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A parolee transferred to Michigan from Florida was tasered following a high-speed chase that reached speeds of 80 mph through a Lake Isabella neighborhood. The man is also suspected of receiving items stolen from a Gilmore Township storage unit.

A deputy with the Isabella County Sheriff’s Office said he tasered David Mark Hughes, 39, in the chest following a brief confrontation at approximately 5:40 p.m. Saturday near 1030 Marietta Dr. in Lake Isabella, according to an affidavit used to secure Hughes’ arrest.

The address is the same identified in a second affidavit as belonging to Hughes’ father, who told deputies that his son had brought items later identified as stolen to the house in early May. Those items — a microwave oven, Bluetooth speakers, a saw kit and an electric mower — were reported stolen from a Gilmore Township storage unit on May 1.

Hughes led the deputy to the house following a high-speed chase that reached 80 mph through a residential neighborhood in Lake Isabella after the deputy tried to pull over the blue Ford Expedition he was driving that the deputy reported as having no license plates.

The chase started when the Expedition passed the stationary sheriff’s office cruiser headed southbound on Queens Way south of Drew Road. Hughes turned right on Dequesa Drive headed north, where the deputy reported that the Expedition forced several cars off the road because he failed to stay in one lane.

After turning left onto Riviera Drive, the Expedition went off the road, drove through some brush and jumped back onto the road, where it at one point careened on two tires.

Hughes then turned left on Marietta Road, where he pulled into a driveway and drove towards the back of the house, where he got out of the vehicle.

The deputy reported that he yelled for Hughes to stop and get down, but Hughes didn’t. So the deputy ran in front of him and ordered him to get down. He shot him in the chest with a taser when he refused. Hughes then complied, the affidavit said.

Hughes was charged with third-degree fleeing and eluding a police officer, a 10-year felony; resisting arrest, a two-year felony; driving a vehicle without insurance, a one-year misdemeanor; and driving without a license, a 90-day misdemeanor.

Hughes was also charged with two felonies linked to the storage unit break-in.

A deputy reported that the owner identified the handwriting on the item boxes as his own. The handwriting matched that found on boxes Hughes said were on a pallet he bought at a liquidation center in Stanton. Hughes denied knowing they were stolen.

Hughes said he was driven to the center by a friend named Heath, who drove a white pickup truck. He said he didn’t know Heath’s last name or where he lived. He also said he couldn’t say why the handwriting on the boxes from the storage unit would match the handwriting on boxes he said were on the pallet.

Hughes was charged with breaking and entering, a 10-year felony; and receiving/concealing stolen property of between $1,000-$20,000.

His next court appearance is Aug. 18 for a hearing to determine whether sufficient evidence exists to send him to trial.

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