NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - The Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office seized much than 31 gallons of medicine Promethazine pursuing a high-speed pursuit that began successful their county, went done Rusk County, and ended successful Panola County connected Jan. 12.
Demarco Bell, 28, of Chicago, Illinois, and Jaylen Joshua Johnson, 22, of Indianapolis, Indiana, were some arrested pursuing the pursuit. They some look felony charges for evading apprehension oregon detention and Class A Misdemeanor charges for possession of a unsafe drug. A 3rd fishy who evaded apprehension is presently being looked for, the sheriff’s bureau says.
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According to a connection by the sheriff’s office, astatine astir 7:46 a.m. connected Jan. 12, deputies tried to marque a postulation halt connected a achromatic Hyundai Sonata successful the 8700 artifact of U.S. 259 N. successful Nacogdoches County. The operator of the car did not stop, alternatively driving distant from deputies, rapidly reaching speeds of much than 100 mph. The operator fled northbound connected U.S. 259 arsenic deputies and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers pursued the vehicle, which crossed into Rusk County.
The operator turned connected to authorities Hwy. 315 successful Rusk County arsenic Rusk County instrumentality enforcement officials attempted to intervene successful the pursuit and halt the driver. The operator reached 115 mph portion fleeing arsenic helium headed towards Panola County, according to the sheriff’s bureau statement.
Constables successful Panola County spot spike strips successful the roadworthy to effort to halt the car, but they accidental the operator was capable to debar them, and astatine 1 constituent swerved towards a Panola County lawman constable, who fired astatine the vehicle.
The pursuit continued into downtown Carthage, wherever the sheriff’s bureau connection says the conveyance concisely came to a halt and 2 suspects got retired of the car and ran away. One of them was taken into custody.
A 3rd person, inactive successful the car, continued to fly instrumentality enforcement successful the vehicle, adjacent though it had aggregate level tires.
The pursuit continued southbound connected U.S. 59 to done Tenaha and into Timpson earlier the operator stopped adjacent the intersection of U.S. 59 and CR 414 successful Panola County, wherever helium was taken into custody.
Inside the vehicle, investigators accidental they recovered 3 suitcases and 3 cardboard boxes packed with 252 one-pint bottles of Promethazine, a medicine antihistamine medicine. Promethazine is sometimes mixed with the opioid cough medicine codeine. This operation is often abused.
The Promethazine seized from the car did not incorporate codeine, archetypal tract tests showed. How the suspects got the medicine is not yet known.
Bell and Johnson were booked into the Panola County jailhouse connected charges from some Nacogdoches County and Panola County. Both person since bonded out. Bell bonded retired connected Jan. 14 and Johnson connected Jan. 17.
The probe into the lawsuit is ongoing and further charges are possible.
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