Updated: January 3, 2018

A SAVANNAH MAN WAS ARRESTED NEW YEAR'S EVE AFTER A BRIEF PURSUIT IN COLLINWOOD.  MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE, AN OFFICER WITH COLLINWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT ATTEMPTED TO STOP MICHAEL SHANE RISNER, 41, OF SAVANNAH, FOR A MUFFLER VIOLATION.  RISNER ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO FLEE, PASSING THREE VEHICLES ON MAIN STREET AND RUNNING THROUGH A FOUR WAY STOP.  THE PURSUIT ENDED WHEN THE VEHICLE RISNER WAS DRIVING HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT AND RAN INTO A DITCH.  RISNER WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH EVADING ARREST AND RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT AND WAS BOOKED INTO THE WAYNE COUNTY JAIL.