A 20-year-old Scotland Neck man faces numerous driving infractions after he was clocked at 96 mph in a 55 mph zone at Highway 186 and Cornwallis on Friday morning, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

Documents filed in the eCourts system also show that Joscar Solis has a pending court date in New Hanover County for a charge of assault by strangulation filed by the Wilmington Police Department in June.

First Sergeant L. Bynum of the NCSHP said that Trooper C.A. Hill observed Solis operating a Malibu at 96 mph shortly before 11:45 a.m.

Hill pursued Solis as he continued to travel onto the new portion of Highway 158 in the Garysburg area but lost sight of him.

Trooper W.H. Wheeler then took up the chase before Hill resumed enforcement when the chase went into Weldon on Highway 301.

Major Anzell Harris of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office successfully deployed stop sticks on Solis’s vehicle, and as the vehicle slowed, Hill performed a pursuit intervention technique (PIT) and collided with the Malibu. Hill’s patrol car sustained minor damage, Bynum said.

When the vehicle was stopped, Bynum said Solis fled into the woodline off Highway 301 near Dogwood Lane.

Wheeler, Halifax County Sheriff Tyree Davis, and Sergeant G. Martin of the HCSO, apprehended Solis.

Solis faces charges of felony fleeing to elude arrest, aggressive driving, failure to heed blue lights and siren, unlawful use of a highway median, a stop sign violation, no operator’s license, expired registration, expired inspection, and speeding 96 mph in a 55 mph zone.

According to the Wilmington Police Department warrant, Solis, who listed a New Hanover County address on June 15, inflicted physical injury on a male victim in the form of red marks on his neck by wrapping his arm around the victim’s neck.

Bynum said the NCSHP was appreciative of the assistance from the Sheriff’s Office and Weldon Police Department. “Their assistance helped us bring this chase to a successful end.”