Another high speed chase ends in Cridersville
Photo courtesy of Wood County Sheriff s Office
Cortez Turry Larkin
Photo courtesy of Wood County Sheriff s Office
Kaneasha Deann Price
Larkin, left, and Price, right
CRIDERSVILLE For the second time in a week, a high-speed traffic chase that played out on Interstate 75 ended in the village of Cridersville.
According to a press release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday troopers attempted to stop Cortez Larkin, 38, of Columbus, for a speeding violation near Bowling Green. The vehicle was subsequently found to be stolen.
Larkin failed to stop for troopers, and the chase began. Law enforcement agencies deployed tire deflation devices in multiple locations during the pursuit, and at least one of those attempts was successful, flattening the two front tires of the 2015 Ford Escape. Larkin, however, continued to drive the vehicle on the rims for several miles. Troopers were attempting a rolling roadblock near the