Town police wrecks 4 out of 6 patrol cars during chase www.privateofficer.com
Posted by privateofficernews on June 12, 2008
Town police force wrecks 4 of its 6 police cars during chase www.privateofficer.com
ROGERSVILLE TN June 12 2008
BY: Rick McCann
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
http://www.privateofficer.com/ Officers trying to stop a man who had stolen a truck were led on a high speed chase Tuesday.
Police said that they caught their man later identified as David Lee Foster, 19, of Sneedville but also damaged four of Rogersville’s six city police cars during the pursuit.
Authorities said that they had to continue the chase because a woman and her two young daughters were also in the speeding truck and officers feared for their safety.
They were not hurt, although police said Foster used the truck to ram police cars and was driving the wrong way on Highway 11W for a while, forcing other drivers to swerve out of his way.
The woman, Kasey Fox, of Tazewell, called 911 during the pursuit and was heard by dispatchers begging Foster to stop. Her daughters are ages eight and nine.
Authorities said a dozen police cars chased Foster after a Bean Station officer spotted him in the stolen truck Tuesday afternoon.
Police did not say if Foster knew the owner of the vehicle who how or where the carjacking took place.
Foster faces a host of charges in Rogerville and more are pending in Hawkins, Jefferson and Grainger counties a police officer said..
Rogersville is a small town with limited financial resources and having four of our six cars down is really gonna hurt us an officer said.
Police said that they caught their man later identified as David Lee Foster, 19, of Sneedville but also damaged four of Rogersville’s six city police cars during the pursuit.
Authorities said that they had to continue the chase because a woman and her two young daughters were also in the speeding truck and officers feared for their safety.
They were not hurt, although police said Foster used the truck to ram police cars and was driving the wrong way on Highway 11W for a while, forcing other drivers to swerve out of his way.
The woman, Kasey Fox, of Tazewell, called 911 during the pursuit and was heard by dispatchers begging Foster to stop. Her daughters are ages eight and nine.
Authorities said a dozen police cars chased Foster after a Bean Station officer spotted him in the stolen truck Tuesday afternoon.
Police did not say if Foster knew the owner of the vehicle who how or where the carjacking took place.
Foster faces a host of charges in Rogerville and more are pending in Hawkins, Jefferson and Grainger counties a police officer said..
Rogersville is a small town with limited financial resources and having four of our six cars down is really gonna hurt us an officer said.
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