Man accused of hiding in bedroom with knife arrested after high speed chase in Cambria

CAMBRIA, Ill. (KBSI) – A man faces several charges after sheriff’s deputies say he hid in a victim’s bedroom armed with a knife in rural Cambria.

Larry D. Parsons faces charges of aggravated unlawful restraint, violation of order of protection, domestic battery, interference with the reporting of domestic violence, criminal trespass to a residence, residential burglary, aggravated assault, aggravated fleeing & eluding, resisting obstructing a peace officer, reckless conduct, reckless driving, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, disobeying stop sign, failure to signal when required, improper lane usage and operating uninsured vehicle.

Williamson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the report of a domestic battery in rural Cambria on Sunday, February 18 at 7:11 p.m.

Deputies found a female arrived home around 4 p.m. to discover a man, identified as Parsons, hiding in her bedroom.

Parsons is the subject of an order of protection prohibiting him from having contact with the victim or the address of her home.

Deputies say Parsons was armed with a knife, threatened to kill the victim, struck her in the head with a metal object, and held her captive until she was able to escape early Sunday morning.

Deputies say he told the victim, “We’re both going to die tonight.”

Williamson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the victim’s location where she was able to report and receive medical treatment.

Deputies went to the victim’s home to confirm Parsons had left.

As deputies arrived they say they saw Parsons loading the victim’s belongings into his vehicle.

Deputies tried to arrest Parsons, but he left the scene and led deputies on a chase.

Parsons traveled through Cambria at a high rate of speed and lost control of the vehicle, according to deputies.

His vehicle hit multiple utility poles, rolled over and came to rest in a ditch.

The utility poles were sheared in half and utility lines were down.

Parsons was cut out of the vehicle using the “jaws of life” to get him out of the badly damaged vehicle.

He was arrested and taken an area hospital for medical treatment.

Parsons is known to deputies through prior law enforcement contact to have a history of violence toward deputies and has previously tried to run fro authorites, according to deputies.

When he is medically cleared from the hospital Parsons will be taken to the Williamson County Jail.

Personell from the Energy Police Department, Cambria Fire Department, Cambria Police Department, Carterville Fire/EMS, Carterville Police Department, Williamson County State’s Attorney Ted Hampson and the Illinois State Police assisted the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office.