RANDOLPH COUNTY — The man police say led a southern Illinois police officer on a deadly chase is pleading not guilty.

Jason Stoker stood before a Randolph County judge yesterday to answer the murder charges filed against him.  Prosecutors are also pushing reckless homicide and fleeing charges.

They say Stoker led Chester officer James Brockmeyer on a 114-mile-an-hour chase that ended when Brockmeyer crashed his car.