A welfare check turned into a police chase that ended on the course of the Lantana Golf Club early Friday afternoon, according to the Denton County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s Office received a report for a welfare check on a 17-year-old male, Christopher King of Denton, who was driving a red sedan.
When a patrolling unit located the car, a deputy attempted to pull the suspect over, but the car didn’t stop.
King proceeded to drive northbound on Lantana Trail, at one point driving on the wrong side of the road narrowly missing oncoming traffic, before swerving into the golf course just before Canyon Crossing, near golf hole 6.
Lantana resident Jeff Hatfield was teeing off on hole 6 when he saw King ditch the car near the tee box and bolt into the woods. Hatfield said he gave chase about 200 yards and caught up to King. He detained King until deputies arrived and placed him under arrest.
King was booked into the Denton County Jail on a charge of evading arrest with a vehicle.
(Note: this article was updated to show the age of the suspect as 17, not 18, as previously reported)
