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When a person commits a crime and knows the police plan to arrest him, he may think that avoiding, or evading, arrest will solve his problems. Legislation addresses the crime of evading arrest which can cause additional complications for the offender.
Evading arrest as term used in the legal field to define crimes where a predator or perpetrator has deliberately avoided police officers or other law enforcement officers who are legally trying to apprehend the individual and make an arrest. When evading arrest, the suspect usually hopes to break away from the legal proceedings; however, he can find himself attached to additional charges or rigorous sentences as a result of fleeing. Depending on the applicable local, state or federal law, evasion may be charged as a felony or misdemeanor.
Some states impose additional punishment on suspects that evade the authorities after committing crimes by creating the separate crime of "evading arrest." A criminal suspect who is evading arrest often poses a danger to others, especially when the suspect uses a motor vehicle and leads the police on a high-speed chase that may lead to serious harm to innocent persons and property.
