HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 46-year-old man arrested after he led law enforcement on a high speed chase was scheduled for court Wednesday where he was expected to enter a plea.

Donald Mayer is charged with two alternate counts of felony flee and elude. One of the charges alleges he had five or more moving violations during the chase and the other alleges that he was reckless in his driving.

But, a bonding agent came into Judge Joe McCarville’s office and informed him that Mayer is in the hospital and even showed the judge a picture of him in his hospital bed. Judge McCarville commented that it’s good to see actual evidence, so that he knows the defendant is not pulling his leg. Mayer apparently has a history of health issues.

The case started around 1:45 in the morning on March 1, when sheriff deputies attempted to stop a Chevy Blazer allegedly driven by Mayer for failing to signal a turn and also for an obstructed license plate. They says he refused to stop and led officers from the Sheriffs Dept, Hutchinson Police, and South Hutchinson Police on a chase that lasted an hour and 24 minutes.

The chase was primarily in the southern and eastern part of the city of Hutchinson and passed through South Hutchinson twice. At one point, the chase went as far south as Yoder, but then returned back to the Hutchinson area.

When the hearing is rescheduled, we’ll let you know.