A White Oak man remained jailed Monday after authorities said he led police on chase while driving drunk.
Jerry Mason Hays, 47, was booked into the Gregg County Jail shortly after 6 a.m. Monday. Bond was set at $50,000 on charges of felony driving while intoxicated and evading arrest and detention in a vehicle.
Longview police responded to the Whataburger at 105 N. Spur 63 at about 6 a.m. Monday and discovered Hays asleep in the driver's seat of a vehicle, according to arrest reports. When police smelled alcohol on his breath and asked him to step out of the vehicle, Hays drove away, reports showed.
A chase ensued for several miles until police used spikes to blow out Hays' tires.
Hays has at least two prior drunken driving convictions, authorities said.