# Career criminal captured in only his underwear after 100mph chase sentenced to five years in jail

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/career-criminal-captured-in-only-his-underwear-after-100mph-chase-sentenced-to-five-years-in-jail/
- Published: 2026-11-04T07:55:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T03:54:08+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/04/us-news/colorado-criminal-zakary-hirschfield-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison-for-100-mph-high-speed-chase/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Colorado man jailed for five years after a high-speed police chase.
- The pursuit lasted over an hour and reached 100 mph.
- Police found him hiding under a porch and recovered cocaine from his car.

## Summary

Zakary Dean Hirschfield, 24, has been sentenced to five years in prison after fleeing a traffic stop in Colorado and leading police on a chase that reached 100 mph. The pursuit put a deputy, his passenger and other road users at risk; police later found cocaine and drug paraphernalia in his SUV.

The chase lasted more than an hour and crossed Douglas County, with Hirschfield driving into oncoming traffic and over a median, according to the sheriff’s office. Police, a K9 team and drones tracked him to a hiding place under a porch, where he was found wearing only underwear. Hirschfield had been on probation for a drug distribution offence and had faced other arrests; his probation had previously been revoked and reinstated.

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