A Summerfield man’s drive through the backroads turned into a one-way trip to jail after deputies say he tried — and failed — to outrun them in an unregistered red Chevy pickup packed with drugs.
According to a report by Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy D. Goodman, the chase began around SE 145th Street on April 25 after Goodman spotted the truck cruising without a tag. When Goodman attempted to catch up, the driver, later identified as Shawn Sellers, allegedly stomped the gas, passed another car in a no-passing zone, tore through a field, and finally came to a stop on SE 146th Street after some encouragement from the deputy’s PA system.
Deputies said Sellers wasn’t ready to call it quits. During the stop, he reportedly reached for the passenger seat, hid his hand, and refused multiple commands to get out of the truck. When Sellers finally had a helping hand out of the vehicle, deputies said they found a glass meth pipe in his grip and a black bag under him stuffed with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia.
Sellers, who told deputies he “wasn’t sure” whether his license was suspended, allegedly admitted he knew there was “an issue” but hadn’t “fixed it with the DMV.” Records showed his license had been suspended multiple times since 2023 for unpaid court fines and revoked for fleeing law enforcement.
Along with driving on a suspended license and operating an unregistered vehicle, Sellers now faces charges of resisting an officer without violence, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of fentanyl, and possession of methamphetamine. He was booked into the Marion County Jail without further incident.
