AN OHIO MAN ACCUSED OF LEADING VIRGINIA STATE POLICE THROUGH THREE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES WITH HIS YOUNG SON ALONG FOR THE RIDE, IS BEHIND BARS. 43 YEAR OLD BEN COOPICK IS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT. AUTHORITIES SAID COOPICK WAS DRIVING OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR THROUGH WYTHE, SMYTH AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES SUNDAY MORNING. HE’S BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL JAIL IN ABINGDON. MORE CHARGES ARE PENDING AS THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.