A 35-year-old Bloomfield man found himself behind bars in the Greene County Jail after traveling at a high rate of speed – in excess of 115 miles per hour on Interstate 69 – on a motorcycle and eluding an officer’s traffic stop. 

James Donald Anderson was arrested on Feb. 7 by Indiana State Police Master Trooper Eric Nash on charges of resisting law enforcement using a vehicle and reckless driving at a high speed to endanger safety. 

At approximately 8:12 a.m. on Feb. 7, Nash was patrolling on I-69 around the 90 mile marker when he was contacted via radio by Master Trooper Robert Kent Winstead regarding a blue crotch rocket type motorcycle around the 93 mile marker traveling southbound at a high rate of speed – approximately 120 miles per hour. Winstead was unable to get turned around because he had just entered the section of 1-69 with a concrete wall two miles in length. Winstead did inform Nash the driver appeared to be a white male with brownish hair and was not wearing a helmet.

Nash observed the vehicle as he approached mile marker 92. According to the probable cause, from Nash’s experience working the road, he could tell the motorcycle was traveling very quickly. When Nash activated his radar, he obtained Anderson’s speed as 107 mph in a 70 mph zone. Nash said he cut across the grass median and once in the southbound lane activated his siren. As he was catching up to the vehicle around mile marker 88, he again used his radar to obtain a speed. This time, Anderson’s speed, according to the probable cause affidavit, was 116 mph. 

Nash noted in the probable cause that the motorcycle was very loud and he was unsure if Anderson could hear his siren or see his lights. Anderson moved to the right lane, but would not pull over. Nash moved up closer in the left lane and was able to obtain the motorcycle’s license plate number. Nash said he pulled up beside the motorcycle in an attempt to see Anderson and in turn allow Anderson to see him in case he had not. While doing this, Nash observed the windshield appeared to be missing and that the left side of the motorcycle had some damage. 

Nash wrote in the probable cause affidavit that he saw the motorcycle closing in on a semi in the right lane so he backed off to allow it to get in front of him and safely avoid the semi. The motorcycle then moved to the right shoulder of I-69 and passed the semi on the right. After passing the semi, the motorcycle moved between the vehicle in front of the semi back to the left lane in front of Nash. At this time, they had entered Daviess County and Lt. Paul Bucher of the Daviess County Sheriff’s Department terminated the pursuit via radio. 

Nash was later informed by Master Trooper John Yung that Anderson was located near mile marker 78 in Daviess County at approximately 8:45 a.m. Yung informed Nash that Master Trooper Gavin Wilson located Anderson walking near State Road 58 and County Road 575 East in Daviess County. 

Anderson was transported to Greene County Jail with bond set at $10,500 surety with 10 percent cash allowed. 

He is being charged with: 

• Resisting law enforcement using a vehicle, a Level 6 Felony

•  Reckless driving at a high speed to endanger safety, a Class C Misdemeanor