Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Man Apprehended After Fleeing, Hiding Beneath House
A local man was apprehended by law enforcement officers Tuesday evening after first leading them on a foot chase, then crawling beneath a house.
Officers with the Lawrenceburg Police Department report they were patrolling in the area of Second Street around 9:50 p.m. when they met a driver who failed to dim his lights, then flashed them at the officer. The officer reports the driver continued to run his lights on high beam as he passed.
The officer turned and followed the driver west along Second Street, onto Second Avenue, then First Street. When he initiated a traffic stop, he reports the driver made an abrupt stop, then bailed out of his 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlas and fled on foot.
Officers gave chase, pursuing the man through the 400 Block. They indicate he ran behind one house where he scaled a wooden fence. He failed to stop when officers repeatedly ordered him to the ground.
Backup units were called to the scene and the search continued while the reporting officer made his way back to the vehicle. He was able to trace the vehicle back to owner Charles Stephen Graves, 48, of Old Florence Road. The vehicle was then towed from the scene to the City Impound Lot.
Meanwhile, residents of the area were conveying information to officers regarding the suspect’s whereabouts. One reported the man had been hanging around the carport of his Seventh Street home for a time. He reported that he watched as the man crawled into the crawl space beneath a nearby home.
An officer was able to regain visual contact with the man, identified as Graves. He was then placed under arrest on charges of resisting arrest, stop, halt, frisk, search, violation of the light law, and violation of the driver license law. (Although Graves has resided in Tennessee for more than one year, officers noted he still had a driver license issued through the State of Florida.)
Graves was booked on the charges through the Lawrence County Jail. He is slated for an initial appearance through Lawrence County General Sessions Court on October 1, 2010.
In addition to the local charges, officials indicate there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest issued through Giles County.
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