On January 4, approximately 2:15 in the morning, Mount Pleasant police attempted to traffic stop on a silver 2015 KIA Sedona operated by Tylor Ward of Mount Pleasant at the intersection of Grand Ave and Maple Leaf Drive for multiple traffic violations.
Tylor fled from the stop at a high rate of speed, accessing 60 miles an hour in a 25 mile an hour zone on Maple Leaf Drive. Tylor continued to flee at a high rate of speed through residential streets until he crashed into a legally parked 2016 KIA Sorento in the 1100 block of East Madison Street. Tylor then fled on foot but was apprehended by officers in the 100 block of Brazelton street.
Upon investigation it was learned that Tylor was operating the Sedona without the permission of the owner. Both vehicles sustained disabling damage, and the Sedona had airbags deploy. The Sedona was impounded and searched with permission of the owner where two bottles of liquor were located that were later learned to have been stolen by Tylor from Casey’s just before he was pulled over in the traffic stop.
Tylor was transported to the Henry County jail, where he’s booked on the following charges: eluding criminal mischief second degree operating without owner’s consent, interference with official acts, theft in the fifth degree, and multiple traffic citations.
The Mount Pleasant Police Department was assisted in the investigation by the Henry County Sheriff’s office and Breuer’s towing. Criminal charges were merely accusations and defended as innocent until proving guilty.