WASHINGTON — The man who was arrested after allegedly driving in the wrong direction on I-270 had his three children inside his car, a Frederick County Sheriff's Office spokesperson revealed Saturday.

Cory Thomas Burkhardt, 37, from Towson, was charged with 15 criminal counts for the police chase that began at around 4 p.m. on Route 15 in Montgomery County and continued on I-270 into Frederick County on Friday. The chase ended with Burkhardt running away from police with a toddler in his arms and deputies firing a stun gun to restrain him.

But the toddler, who police said was around two years old, had not been the only child inside the car.

Burkhardt's eight and 12-year-old children were also inside the car, according to a FCSO spokesperson, while the father allegedly weaved his car o

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