A local man involved in a late-October chase that led to a shelter-in-place order has been released from Routt County Jail on bail, with the requirement that he wear an ankle monitor.

Brian McCleary was released from the jail Nov. 25 after his bond was lowered to $10,000 in cash, along with the monitoring requirement.

In a bond hearing Wednesday, McCleary’s defense requested that he be allowed one weekly visit to the grocery store, as well as an exception allowed for any medical emergency for himself or his child.

Judge Erin Wilson denied the request for a weekly grocery store visit because McCleary’s partner lives with him in his home and can go to the store for him.

However, Wilson approved the request to respond to medical emergencies for himself or his child, who also lives with him in his home.

The ankle monitor, provided by Advantage Treatment Centers, a Colorado organization that monitors and manages offenders through various forms of addiction treatment, tracks McCleary’s location at all times.

Other than the medical-emergency exception, McCleary is only allowed to be in his home and to go to work, which is at On the Rise Construction in Hayden. He is required to participate in random urinalysis testing.

The 46-year-old South Routt man was involved in a traffic incident in late-October in which he hit two deputy vehicles on County Road 14B with his car and was allegedly in possession of 247 grams of cocaine.

After a K-9 indicated there were drugs in his vehicle during a routine traffic stop, McCleary fled the scene. When deputies cornered him, he allegedly rammed into two law enforcement vehicles. An officer allegedly shot at McCleary’s tire to disable the vehicle, but was unsuccessful.

Officers were unable to locate McCleary the night of Oct. 24, causing a shelter-in-place order to take effect in South Routt County. McCleary then turned himself in to the Routt County Jail the following morning.

According to the arrest affidavit, officers found 247 grams of cocaine in a plastic container near McCleary’s abandoned car the night of the incident. Law enforcement personnel believe the drugs belonged to McCleary.

McCleary’s bond started at $200,000 but was lowered to $150,000 in a hearing Oct. 29.

In a Nov. 19 hearing, McCleary’s attorney, Sean E. Brown, requested the bond be lowered to $100,000 with the requirement of a “24/7 ankle monitor.”

Judge Wilson denied the request at that time due to a lack of information. Wilson said that to her knowledge, the 14th Judicial District offers no pre-trial services program, and ankle monitors are “only available to people who are already on probation.”

However, after the defense provided further documentation supporting the viability of the monitoring request, McCleary’s bond was lowered to $10,000 in cash only along with the requirement of the ankle monitor and urinalysis testing.

McCleary made bond and was released from Routt County Jail on Nov. 25, according to Routt County Undersheriff Joshua Carrell.

McCleary’s next court date is at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 15.