The Pearl Police Department issued the following statement.
Pearl Officer attempted a traffic stop on a Volkswagen Passat at the intersection of Hwy 80 and Hwy 49 because neither the driver nor his passenger was wearing a seatbelt at 6:08 p.m. Wednesday evening. The driver fled onto I-20 westbound. Our Officer pursued and the suspect took I-55 south. While traveling south near Elton Rd, the suspect rear ended another vehicle. The contact caused the suspect’s vehicle to flip several times in the southbound lanes. The Pearl officer’s car was damaged in the accident. Neither the bystanders nor the Pearl Officer were injured.
The suspect, Jared DVaughn Owens, 23 from Madison, suffered a head injury and was transported from the scene by ambulance to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. His female passenger from Jackson was not injured and released with a citation.
Officers found numerous narcotics in Owens vehicle including:
Powder cocaine
Marijuana
Methamphetamine
Ecstasy pills
THC vape pens
3 guns / 1 gun stolen
Large sum of money
Pearl Mayor Jake Windham said, “It is unfortunate this ended in a violent wreck and the suspect was injured, but he did not have to run. We are grateful these illegal drugs and weapons are off the street. We hope this young man recovers and will answer to the charges. We are thankful there were no other injuries.”
When Owens is released from the hospital he will be charged with:
Felony fleeing
Possession with intent to distribute X2
Trafficking controlled substances.
The Hinds County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the accident.
Kingfish note: A Madison County grand jury indicted him for possessing a controlled substance in 2020. Circuit Judge Brad Mills approved his entry into the pre-trial intervention program. Judge Mills dismissed the indictment in July 2022.
23 comments:
I don't see any head injury in that picture. That must be a picture his mama sent to the Kingfish for publication here.
So, to be clear, the female passenger, who received a citation for no seat belt, was totally unaware of the Powder cocaine, marijuana, Methamphetamine, Ecstasy pills, THC vape pens, 3 guns / 1 gun stolen and
Large sum of money.
"Officers found numerous narcotics in Owens vehicle including:
Powder cocaine
Marijuana
Methamphetamine
Ecstasy pills
THC vape pens
3 guns / 1 gun stolen "
From Madison, huh?
Madison!?!
Will Madison County please keep its thugs and drug dealers out of Hinds and Rankin Counties? Thank you.
The catch and release seasons allow the fish to grow larger.
Ricidivist behavior has become commonplace in every city going easy on criminals. Yet, it continues with increasing frequency. Past time to install more judges with teeth.
Attention any members of the MS Legislature !!!
Please upgrade the punishment for felony fleeing and spend some money on a public ad campaign to inform the public of the new punishment.
This is happening daily all over the country and I believe if the punishment becomes severe enough, we might reduce these events.
Great job Pearl PD!!
Reckon that head injury knocked some sense into him?? I doubt it.....
He is a shill. We paid him to give a Madison address to discourage Jacksonians from moving here.
He was also arrested by JPD on 7/21/2021 for aggravated assault and possession of weed.
In a Law Enforcement twist, Brookhaven arrested the mama of a 13 year old public menace self named the "Devil". He had been shooting at cars and people, her charges included delinquency of a minor.
Isn't parental responsibility what Stokes advocated in Jackson?
"Felony fleeing
Possession with intent to distribute X2
Trafficking controlled substances."
Guess Pearl isn't worried about the three weapons, with one being stolen. Not even going to enhance the drug charges based on having firearms?
The cop chased the driver (putting the other people on the road at risk) over a seat belt violation?
Sounds like a silly decision that put innocent people in danger.
9:10 - I doubt very seriously if anyone in a moving vehicle can tell if you're wearing a seat belt or not in your moving vehicle. They probably knew who the guy was and what he was up to and used that as probable cause.
@9:15AM
I have been pulled over in Pearl for not wearing a seatbelt. They are trained to watch for things and well trained to boot.
@9:10AM
A drug fueled thug with a car load of guns who clearly has no regard for his own safety or the safety of innocent bystanders seems like a threat to any decent civilization. HTH
Any chance of that large sum of money being the exact amount of the traffic fine?
We are caught in a big circle. Some people want to get rid of all of the guns. Some people want to let thugs and criminals out of jail. Some of the people want to be able to protect themselves from the thugs and criminals that are let out of jail. They are forced to buy guns to protect themselves and their families. When are people going to wake up. If you keep the thugs and criminals in jail like you are supposed to do people will not be as likely to buy guns to protect themselves.
If you have a problem with people buying guns for their own protection, put the thugs and criminals in jail and keep them there.
9:10, it's kind of like fishing. When the "bait" is swallowed by the "fish" (aka fleeing the police), one doesn't know how big and what kind of the "fish" (aka criminal) is until he/she is "in the boat"(aka police vehicle).
"He is a shill. We paid him to give a Madison address to discourage Jacksonians from moving here."
April 20, 2023 at 7:46 AM
Good thinking! In a town where anyone driving after the stroke of 10 gets pulled-over on some pretext, it's hard to be a druggie layabout. So, I was wondering where in Madison there were still any bad-uns.
I was hearing about a cluster of "old Madison County Bad Kids" which has finally been cleared-out. These were White Trash leftovers from Pre-Mary days, and four houses, IN A ROW, have had their occupants hauled-off, in recent months. It's amazing how it happens: PoPo vehicles, FPD vehicles... Red lights... blue lights... all kinda lights flashing... multiple agencies descend upon a house (they keep coming, until there's no room left in the street for more vehicles), and the miscreants inside the houses get loaded into some of those vehicles. Then, inspectors, at One in the morning, determine the houses to be "Unsafe for Human Occupation", and that's that. The houses get remodeled, and go on the market at stratospheric prices. It's a miracle!
Somebody sent me a video of one of those "Bluelight Jamborees". The neighbors filming, are singing that old Motown song from 1962,
"I see the lights! I see the party lights! Red and blue...", while the druggie neighbors are being hauled-off.
Pre-Mary days??? That has to be from back in the 60's.
9:53 - I don't care how well trained you are, no one can see through tinted windows from that distance and while moving.
10:32 Igmo... you make up much?
The "kids" from pre-Mary days are retired grandparents now or asleep in Natchez Trace Cemetery. Try again.
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