HUNTER

            THE WEDNESDAY MORNING HIGH SPEED CHASE ACROSS CHRISTIAN COUNTY COULD HAVE ENDED DIFFERENTLY IN SO MANY WAYS, AND FEW OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD.

            AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, 27-YEAR OLD JONATHAN HUNTER OF ASHLAND CITY, TENNESSEE LED SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE ON A HALF-HOUR LONG PURSUIT THAT INCLUDED A WRECK WITH INJURY AND A PURSUIT GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION ON I-24.

            THE REPORT FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE MAN INJURED IN A WRECK AT I-24 AND KENTUCKY 115 WAS 45-YEAR OLD PAUL RADFORD OF CLARKSVILLE, WHO WAS NORTHBOUND ON THE ROADWAY WHEN HUNTER DROVE INTO HIS PATH.

            RADFORD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR WHAT APPEARED TO BE MINOR INJURIES. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HUNTER ALLEGEDLY TURNED BACK AROUND AND DROVE TOWARD POLICE AND RADFORD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AS IF HE WOULD RUN THEM OVER.

            THAT’S WHEN DEPUTY KAYCE GREEN POINTED HIS HANDGUN AT HUNTER’S WINDSHIELD AND ACTIVATED THE LASER.

            HUNTER DROVE SEVERAL MILES IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF OVER 110 MILES PER HOUR BEFORE GETTING OFF AT EXIT 4 AND BEING ARRESTED BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE BETWEEN CLARKSVILLE AND GUTHRIE.

            TWO PASSENGERS “HUNKERED DOWN” IN HUNTER’S VEHICLE DURING THE CHASE, THOUGH THEY WERE NOT CHARGED WITH ANY CRIMES. HUNTER IS CHARGED WITH NUMEROUS CRIMES, INCLUDING FLEEING FROM POLICE AND SEVERAL COUNTS OF WANTON ENDANGERMENT.

            THE INCIDENT BEGAN WHEN SOMEONE CALLED THE ECC REPORTING HUNTER HAD STOLEN AN ATV IN TRIGG COUNTY, WHICH WAS DAMAGED IN THE WRECK ON 115.

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Britt

            STATE POLICE SAY METHAMPETAMINE CONTRIBUTED TO AN INCIDENT IN BARREN COUNTY LAST WEEK WHERE A MAN WAS KILLED BY AN ARROW.

            A NEWS RELEASE SAYS 35-YEAR OLD JASON BRITT OF BOWLING GREEN IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER FOR ALLEGEDLY WANTONLY SHOOTING 51-YEAR OLD RONALD LEE OF MORGANTOWN SATURDAY WITH A COMPOUND BOW WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF METH.

            BRITT IS LODGED IN THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL, WHILE NO CHARGES ARE LISTED AGAINST HIS WIFE SHARON BRITT. KSP SAYS THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

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Switzer

            A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER WAS ARRESTED AGAIN YESTERDAY AFTER BEING FOUND ALLEGEDLY LIVING SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN HIS ADDRESS LISTED ON THE REGISTRY.

            THE ARREST CARD FROM HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SAYS OFFICERS FOUND 63-YEAR OLD GUSTAVE GEORGE SWITZER LIVING AT THE FAIRVIEW INN ON NORTH MAIN STREET.

            SWITIZER’S ADDRESS ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY IS LISTED AS DAWSON SPRINGS. HE WAS PLACED ON THE REGISTRY DUE TO A RAPE CONVICTION IN ILLINOIS, WITH THE VICTIM 24-YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.

            SWITZER WAS LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

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            A HOPKINSVILLE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A WRECK THIS MORNING IN TRIGG COUNTY.

            THE REPORT FROM STATE POLICE SAYS 33-YEAR OLD SASHA STONE OF FORT CAMPBELL WAS TURNING OFF I-24 ONTO U.S. 68-80 AROUND 8AM AND DIDN’T SEE THE ONCOMING VEHICLE OF 49-YEAR OLD GRANVILLE GRIMES OF HOPKINSVILLE.

            MS. STONE REPORTEDLY TURNED INTO GRIMES’ PATH AND GRIMES DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO STOP. GRIMES’ VEHICLE STRUCK THE FRONT OF THE STONE VEHICLE, WITH GRIMES TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO TRIGG COUNTY HOSPITAL.

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HUNTER

            A HIGH SPEED CHASE ACROSS CHRISTIAN COUNTY LED TO AN ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES AND NUMEROUS CHARGES AGAINST AN ASHLAND CITY, TENNESSEE MAN.

            CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S CAPTAIN CHRIS MILLER SAYS DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE AREA OF THE COUNTRY BOY STORE AROUND 3AM IN REFERENCE TO A STOLEN 4-WHEELER.

            THE ATV HAD REPORTEDLY BEEN STOLEN FROM TRIGG COUNTY AND A MOTORIST WAS FOLLOWING THE SUSPECT. POLICE LOCATED THE VEHICLE ON I-24 NEAR THE 87 MILE-MARKER AND BEGAN THE CHASE.

            SOON AFTER, 27-YEAR OLD JONATHAN HUNTER OF 1253 CARNEY WINTERS ROAD, ASHLAND CITY EXITED AND RAN A STOP SIGN AT EXIT 89, CAUSING A WRECK WITH INJURIES THAT OAK GROVE POLICE WORKED.

            HUNTER CONTINUED ON BEFORE GETTING BACK ON THE INTERSTATE AND DRIVING EASTBOUND IN THE WESTBOUND LANES.

            POLICE FINALLY STOPPED HUNTER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND CHARGED HIM WITH FLEEING FROM POLICE, LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT AND TWO COUNTS OF WANTON ENDANGERMENT.

            CAPTAIN MILLER SAYS SEVERAL MORE CHARGES WILL BE ADDED.

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