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Fleeing cops? Don't give them your ID first

Driver charged after handing over license at checkpoint and speeding away

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updated 8:44 a.m. ET Nov. 12, 2008

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - It perhaps wasn't the most well thought out escape.

Police say a man handed over his license and registration at a sobriety checkpoint during the weekend, then peeled out and sped away, almost hitting an officer.

Police eventually pulled over the 32-year-old man and reported finding marijuana in his vehicle.

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He was charged with driving under the influence of drugs, possession of drugs, disobeying a police officer and reckless conduct.

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