A high-speed pursuit Wednesday morning ended with a driver in custody and a passenger briefly detained. It happened at about 8:30 when a state trooper reported that he was chasing a vehicle at about 110 miles per hour westbound on Farm to Market 363 in Newton County and was headed towards the north side of Kirbyville.
Department of Public Safety Sergeant Stephanie Davis later said that it all started when the trooper tried to stop a 2006 Toyota SUV with an expired registration sticker. Davis said the driver turned onto County Road 3066 and then jumped out and fled on foot. He was quickly captured and arrested.
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JASPER COUNTY â A Hammond man hiding behind a dumpster in rural Jasper County was arrested for theft and false identifying by the countyâs sheriffâs department on April 7.
Jasper County Sheriff Pat Williamson was the first to arrive at the scene of County Road 400 North and County Road 250 East in the early morning hours of April 7. Even though the subject initially provided a false identity, Williamson was able to determine he was talking with Benjamin L. Elders, 35, of Hammond.
An investigation later revealed that Eldersâs vehicle broke down behind a nearby residence. Police also determined that Elders had broken into a detached garage and items from the garage were located inside the broken down vehicle.
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Driver facing vehicular homicide, drug charges in fatal October wreck in Covington
COVINGTON, Ga. A second driver is facing vehicular homicide and other charges related to an October head-on collision on Access Road in which a 19-year-old passenger in her car died.
Briahna Volny, 20, of Covington, was charged Feb. 16 with Homicide by Vehicle in the First Degree, Driving Under the Influence of Drugs and Improper Lane Usage at Newton County Jail, according to information from the Newton County Sheriff s Office.
Volny was the driver of a 2006 Mercedes E350W in which a passenger in her vehicle, Amayah Parris, 19, of Covington, died in the Oct. 24 wreck on Access Road, one mile west of Old Oxford Road, the Georgia State Patrol reported.