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Eagle Country 99.3 By Travis Thayer
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(Batesville, Ind.) – Batesville Police made two arrests over the weekend after locating a truck that did not pay for fuel.
Officers responded to a report of a pickup truck trying to flee from the BP on North State Road 229 on Saturday around 9:36 p.m.
The pickup truck was preparing to leave the lot when Batesville Police attempted to initiate a traffic stop. The truck, driven by Joseph A. Burnette, 46, of Decatur, Georgia, failed to stop and continued onto State Road 229 and then onto the eastbound entrance ramp of Interstate 74.
Burnette was stopped on the entrance ramp and taken into custody. He passenger, Amanda L. Stayton, 38, of Ludlow, Kentucky, was also detained.