A Solsberry man who was wanted in Monroe County took off running Wednesday and led a deputy on a foot chase through the woods before he was taken into custody.

Cody Lee Newton, 31, Solsberry, was arrested by Deputy Harvey Holt of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday, November 11, after Newton was chased through a woods by GCSD Deputy James Carpenter.

On Wednesday morning, Greene County Dispatch got a call from a woman who reported a physical domestic fight was in progress and someone had a baseball bat. Injuries were unknown.

Deputy Carpenter, the investigating officer, and Deputy Holt were dispatched at 9:43 a.m. to a residence on East Wagner Road, Solsberry. When they arrived, they learned more than two people were involved in a family argument and all but one had taken off before the deputies arrived.

The deputies checked a trailer, a garage and a shed but did not locate the subjects involved – they were in the woods.

When Deputy Carpenter left the residence and was driving on Wagner Road, he saw someone behind a residence and as soon as they saw the patrol vehicle, they ran north through the woods. Deputy Carpenter stopped, yelled at them to stop then took off through the woods after them.

When Deputy Carpenter got into a ravine, he found one of the subjects who said there was a big fight and she and the person running had gone into the woods to get away. Deputy Carpenter learned the name of the runner was Cody Newton. A records check revealed Newton was wanted on a warrant out of Monroe County.

Deputy Carpenter continued through the woods but was not able to locate Newton. Deputy Holt picked Deputy Carpenter up on Oak Haven Drive. On the way back to Deputy Carpenter’s vehicle, they saw Newton behind a residence and when Newton saw the patrol vehicle, he took off running through the woods again.

With Deputy Holt positioning his vehicle on Newton Drive and Deputy Carpenter once again following Newton on foot through the woods, Newton ended up on Newton Drive and was taken into custody by Deputy Holt.

Newton was booked into the Greene County Jail at 11:43 a.m.

All of the subjects involved in the incident said they did not want to press charges against anyone.

In Greene County, Newton is facing a preliminary charge of resisting law enforcement – knowingly or intentionally forcibly resisting, a Class A misdemeanor.

Newton is being held without bond on the warrant issued out of Monroe County in a case involving misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance, theft and possession of marijuana.