Staff Reports On July 23, 2017, a Marietta Police patrolman did a U-turn in downtown Marietta to pull over a woman who committed a traffic violation. James G. Lake, 21, of Rural Route Two, Box 26, Ripley W.Va., saw the patrolman make the maneuver and thought he was trying to detain him. The patrolman saw Lake accelerate away from the scene and began his pursuit of Lake instead of the original violator. The chase reached speeds of over 100 miles per hour and ended with a wreck in Parkersburg where their officers allegedly found drugs in the car. Lake pleaded guilty to the four ...