Trooper's Report:
ON JUNE 14, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:22 PM, I, TROOPER FIRST CLASS BRAD HITCHCOCK WAS SITTING
STATIONARY ON THE RIGHT-HAND SOUTHBOUND SHOULDER ON INTERSTATE 555 NEAR THE 25-MILE MARKER. I
NOTICED A DARK PASSENGER CAR TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED NORTHBOUND. I VERIFIED THE SPEED
WITH THE FRONT RADAR ANTENNA AT 110 MPH IN A 75-MPH ZONE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED ONTO THE ROADWAY,
CROSSED THE EMERGENCY CROSSOVER LANE, AND TRIED CATCHING UP TO THE PASSENGER CAR. I ACTIVATED
MY BLUE LIGHTS AND SIREN AFTER A SHORT DISTANCE TO CATCH UP TO THE PASSENGER CAR THAT WAS STILL
TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED NORTHBOUND. AS I APPROACHED THE PASSENGER CAR NEAR THE 31-
MILE MARKER NORTHBOUND, I NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS STILL TRAVELING IN THE LEFT-HAND LANE AT A HIGH
RATE OF SPEED AND WAS ACTIVELY FLEEING. I NOTIFIED DISPATCH THAT I WAS IN PURSUIT OF A BLACK
PASSENGER CAR WITH THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER ARKANSAS 354 ZOV.
THE FLEEING VEHICLE CROSSED IN FRONT OF A SEMI-TRUCK AT OVER 100 MPH AND PASSED A VEHICLE ON THE
RIGHT-HAND SHOULDER NEAR THE 32-MILE MARKER. THE FLEEING PASSENGER CAR ENTERED BACK INTO THE
LEFT-HAND LANE AND ACCELERATED AGAIN NORTHBOUND. AS I PULLED UP TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE
VEHICLE TO PERFORM A TVI (TACTICAL VEHICLE INTERVENTION), THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE SLAMMED ON HIS
BRAKES TO AVOID THE TVI MANEUVER. HE THEN ENTERED ONTO THE RIGHT-HAND SHOULDER, ACCELERATED,
AND CONTINUED NORTHBOUND. THE DRIVER THEN REACHED SPEEDS OF 100 MPH AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN I
PULLED UP ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TO PERFORM A TVI MANEUVER. THE DRIVER SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES
AND SWERVED FROM MY PATROL UNIT TO AVOID THE TVI. THE DRIVER OF THE FLEEING VEHICLE THEN
STARTED BACKING UP ON INTERSTATE 555 INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, HE EXITED AT THE 34-MILE MARKER OFFRAMP
AND CONTINUED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I MADE A RIGHT-HAND TURN, CROSSED THE MEDIAN, AND
CONTINUED PURSUING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED NORTHBOUND RUNNING THE STOP SIGN,
MAKING A LEFT-HAND TURN AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE 34-MILE MARKER EXIT RAMP AND HIGHWAY 463 AT
BAY. HE THEN ACCELERATED AND CONTINUED NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 463 TOWARD JONESBORO. I PULLED
UP ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE TO PERFORM ANOTHER TVI AT 108 MPH, BUT THE DRIVER OF THE FLEEING VEHICLE
SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES. I WAS UNABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICLE STRIKING IT ON THE
DRIVER-SIDE REAR FENDER. THE VEHICLE SPUN 90 DEGREES COUNTERCLOCKWISE IN FRONT OF MY UNIT AND I
COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE AGAIN IN THE FRONT DRIVER’S SIDE FENDER. THE FLEEING VEHICLE SPUN BACK
90 DEGREES CLOCKWISE AND ENTERED THE DITCH ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 463. THE DRIVER THEN
CONTINUED NORTHBOUND IN THE DITCH AND CONTINUED FLEEING. I MADE A 360-DEGREE TURNAROUND,
ENTERED THE DITCH, AND CONTINUED PURSUING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, AND I DROVE UP
TO THE DRIVER’S SIDE DOOR BLOCKING IT BEFORE THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER
STUCK HIS HANDS OUT THE WINDOW AND WAS ORDERED TO CRAWL OUT THE DRIVER’S SIDE WINDOW. THE
DRIVER CRAWLED OUT ONTO THE GROUND AND WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE DRIVER WAS A BLACK MALE
TREKEVIUS CARMELLO JONES FROM MARKED TREE, ARKANSAS.
THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO POINSETT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND CHARGED WITH SPEEDING
110MPH/75MPH, RECKLESS DRIVING, NO LIABILITY INSURANCE, DRIVING THE WRONG WAY ON THE ONE-WAY
ROADWAY, AND FELONY FLEEING IN A VEHICLE.
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