A Middleton man who led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase this week and eluded capture for a day in Idaho County has a preliminary hearing set for net week in Grangeville.
29-year-old Jackie Sedillo is being held in the Idaho County Jail on a $750,000 bond. He faces more than a dozen felony charges, including possession of stolen property, grand theft, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Police pursued Sedillo from Adams County to Idaho County Tuesday as he drove at high speeds in three different stolen vehicles on backroads near Grangeville. Schools and hospitals through Idaho and Clearwater counties were on lockdown status during the chase.
Officers from a number of county, state, federal, and tribal agencies converged on a steep canyon where Sedillo was hiding and arrested him without incident Wednesday morning.
His preliminary hearing is scheduled for next Friday.
According to the Idaho Department of Correction, Sedillo was released on parole in January after serving sentences for grand theft in Ada and Canyon counties. (Lewiston Tribune)
