{"id":125653,"date":"2023-09-19T15:57:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=125653"},"modified":"2023-09-19T15:57:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:57:42","slug":"high-speed-chase-in-fayette-county-ends-in-three-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=125653","title":{"rendered":"High speed chase in Fayette County ends in three arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Gist:<\/strong> Three men were nabbed by Fayette County law enforcement after a high-speed chase and manhunt near River Mist Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What Happened?:<\/strong> On September 15, around 5:20 p.m., deputies say they spotted a stolen car leaving the QuikTrip close to Highway 85 and Corinth Road. The suspects sped off, leading to a chase that ended when they crashed near River Mist Drive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the sheriff&#8217;s department, the trio then dashed on foot but were caught in nearby woods just 30 minutes later, thanks to a combined effort from local police and the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By The Numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3 suspects: Marcus Morris, 21, Brian Reynolds, 20, and Derrick Strong, 20.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>30 minutes: Time taken to apprehend the suspects after they fled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 charges: Including Theft by Receiving Stolen Property and Reckless Driving.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Next?:<\/strong> Morris, Reynolds, and Strong are set to face a slew of charges in court, ranging from theft to reckless driving. The sheriff&#8217;s office has praised the teamwork and professionalism of all units involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gist: Three men were nabbed by Fayette County law enforcement after a high-speed chase and manhunt near River Mist Drive. What Happened?: On September 15, around 5:20 p.m., deputies say they spotted a stolen car leaving the QuikTrip close to Highway 85 and Corinth Road. The suspects sped off, leading to a chase that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[14110,11964],"class_list":["post-125653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-chase","tag-quiktrip","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}