Man Flees from Deputy in High Speed Pursuit

On Thursday night Coffee County Deputy Lee Marcom attempted to stop a man driving a silver 4-door car on Lyndell Bell Road in Manchester for reckless driving. The deputy states the man refused to stop and took off at a high rate of speed passing several vehicles on curvy roads while it was raining, placing those drivers at risk of serious injury or death.
In Deputy Marcom’s report he says the driver lost control of his vehicle on Riley Creek and Ovoca Lake Road in Tullahoma and flipped the car several times.
The deputy says in his report that he noticed the driver started to try and get out of the car then appeared to hang in the seat belt. At this time there were flames coming from the front of the car but was extinguished by some bystanders who had witnessed the accident. The deputy says when he approached the vehicle the driver was alert and had lit a cigarette and asked to call his parents. Deputy Marcom then got his crowbar and busted the sunroof and pulled the driver out of the car.
The deputy states the man was identified as Jeffery Bartholomew Finchum age 40 of Larkway Dr Tullahoma. He was taken to Tennova Harton Hospital to be treated for his injuries before being released and transported to the Coffee County Jail.
Finchum was charged with Evading Arrest, Reckless Endangerment and driving on revoked/suspended license. His bond was set at $26,500 and court date of June 26, 2016.
Also Finchum had warrants for failure to appear in Sumner County TN and a warrant out of California for stealing a car.