SAGINAW, MI — A probationer is heading back to prison for leading police on a high-speed chase that ended in a collision, a misguided attempt to avoid being caught with illicit drugs.

Saginaw County Circuit Judge Andre R. Borrello on Wednesday, Sept. 24, sentenced Devaughntae Q. Woods, 33, to three concurrent prison terms of 18 months to 15 years. Borrello gave Woods credit for 154 days already served in the county jail. The judge further ordered Woods to pay $464 in fines and costs.

Woods in August pleaded guilty to assaulting or resisting police, third-degree fleeing and eluding police, and possessing fewer than 25 grams of a narcotic or cocaine. Woods also pleaded as a fourth-time habitual offender.

Prosecutors dismissed two counts of delivering or manufacturing fewer than 50 grams o

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