Trooper's Report:
On February 25, 2024, at approximately 7:40 am, I was patrolling on US Highway 49, traveling south. I observed a black
passenger car traveling north on US Highway 49. I activated my front opposite direction radar and got a radar on the vehicle
showing 73mph in a posted 60mph zone. I turned around and began to catch up to the vehicle.
As I was approaching the vehicle, I activated my front same-direction radar and got a reading of 75mph. I then initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle on US Highway 49 at Craighead County Road 931. The vehicle pulled to the right shoulder and slowed to almost a complete stop. The
vehicle continued to slowly roll down the shoulder and would not come to a complete stop. I then turned on my siren to get the
vehicle to stop, at which time it got into the outside lane of travel and began to accelerate. Once the vehicle passed Craighead
County Road 931 and continued to accelerate, I notified Troop C Communications Center that I was in pursuit. The vehicle
continued to accelerate to approximately 85mph. The vehicle continued for approximately a mile before slowing to a stop on the
northbound shoulder. Once stopped, I began to give commands to turn the vehicle off. The driver rolled the window down, at
which time I could see a black male in the driver's seat. I then began giving commands for the driver to step out of the vehicle
with his hands up.
Prior to the other officer’s arrival, the back seat passenger on the driver's side began to exit the vehicle. This passenger was later identified as Carol Reid. I began giving her commands to turn around, to which she replied she “didn’t have to do shit since she
was not the driver.” I continuously gave commands to turn around and she eventually made a full circle turn. I then commanded
her to look in the opposite direction of me and walk backward. She slowly walked back to my vehicle; at which time I instructed
her to place her hands on the trunk of my vehicle so that I could place her in handcuffs. She then refused to do that. I then
grabbed her hands and placed her into custody with no further incident. I then sat her on the shoulder in the grass behind my
vehicle and continued to hold cover on the vehicle until assisting officers arrived. Once Paragould officers arrived, I began
giving commands again to the driver, who still refused to get out of the vehicle. I then saw the front passenger window roll down
and there was a black female sitting in the front passenger seat. I then moved to the passenger side of my vehicle and
physically motioned with my hand while simultaneously giving commands for the passenger to step out of the vehicle. I then
specified even further, yelling, “Front-seat passenger to step out of the vehicle,” but she still did not follow commands. There
was also a passenger on the back passenger side of the vehicle who was not stepping out of the vehicle while I was giving
commands. Once commands were not followed, the assisting officers and myself, approached the vehicle. I approached the
driver's side to take the driver into custody. The driver had his hands out of the window once I got to the back driver-side
window. I instructed him to roll down the back window at which time he refused to do that. The doors to the vehicle were also
locked so I was unable to open the driver door. I grabbed the driver’s hands to control them while I reached into the vehicle to
unlock the door. Once the door was open, I attempted to remove the driver from the vehicle, but he physically resisted and
braced himself so that I could not get him out of the vehicle. I then stepped back, drew my Taser, and commanded the driver
out. The driver still did not follow commands and I deployed one taser cartridge. The top probe struck just above the waistline
through his sweatshirt pocket and the other struck the left forearm. This caused full incapacitation during the five second cycle.
Once the cycle was finished, I gave more commands to the driver to exit the vehicle, or he would be tased again. The driver still
refused to exit the vehicle. I then used the arc switch to re-energize the probes that were already deployed for approximately
three seconds which caused full incapacitation again. I then commanded the driver to step out of the vehicle again at which
time he did. He was then taken into custody without further incident. The other two passengers in the vehicle were taken into
custody without incident by the assisting officers.
Reid was charged with:
Fleeing in a Vehicle (Felony),
DWI 2nd Alcohol,
Driving on Admin Suspended,
Refusal to Submit to a Chemical Test,
Driving a Vehicle without an Interlock Device,
Resisting Arrest, and
Speeding 15+ Over the Speed Limit.
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