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Man faces several charges after Cary police chase

A brief chase involving Cary police and a local man ended when he crashed into a skating rink late Sunday afternoon.

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Benjamin Watts
RALEIGH, N.C. — A brief chase involving Cary police and a local man ended when he crashed into a skating rink late Sunday afternoon.

Police said an officer at the intersection of Nottingham Circle and Whitehall Way noticed a car speeding shortly after 5 p.m. and followed it for about a half mile to Jellybeans Super Skate Center, at 1120 Buck Jones Road, where the car hit the building, causing minor damage.

Benjamin Tanner Watts, 28, of 200 Woodcreek Drive, Cary, was arrested on charges of fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle, driving while impaired, resisting a public officer, injury to real property and reckless driving.

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