{"id":248139,"date":"2026-03-17T09:49:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=248139"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:01:08","slug":"felon-runs-dui-checkpoint-leads-cops-on-100-mph-chase-and-shoots-at-deputies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=248139","title":{"rendered":"Felon runs DUI checkpoint, leads cops on 100 mph chase and shoots at deputies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"h-a-convicted-felon-with-outstanding-warrants-from-multiple-states-led-twiggs-county-deputies-on-a-high-speed-chase-saturday-before-crashing-and-being-taken-into-custody\">A convicted felon with outstanding warrants from multiple states led Twiggs County deputies on a high-speed chase Saturday before crashing and being taken into custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Happening:<\/strong> At 5:36 p.m. on March 14, deputies were running a DUI checkpoint on the Highway 27 East on-ramp when they tried to stop a black GMC Denali. The driver, Royjeri McClendon, drove through without stopping and nearly hit multiple deputies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Important:<\/strong> McClendon is a convicted felon and validated Blood gang member. He had outstanding warrants from multiple Georgia counties and a full extradition warrant from Missouri. Those warrants include charges for armed robbery, hit and run involving serious injury or death, failure to appear, and additional felony offenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What We Know:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deputies from the Twiggs County Crime Suppression Unit chased McClendon at speeds over 100 mph<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McClendon allegedly tried to ram the lead patrol car and is believed to have fired a shot at deputies during a PIT maneuver attempt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deputies successfully executed a PIT maneuver after McClendon tried to force the lead car off the road, ending the chase when the Denali crashed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The vehicle caught fire with McClendon still inside<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deputies used fire extinguishers to put out the fire and pulled McClendon from the vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McClendon resisted deputies after the crash and continued to struggle inside an ambulance, refusing treatment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He was taken to the hospital by patrol car<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A handgun and multiple pounds of marijuana were recovered from the vehicle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Path Forward:<\/strong> The investigation is ongoing. Deputies say additional charges are expected.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A convicted felon with outstanding warrants from multiple states led Twiggs County deputies on a high-speed chase Saturday before crashing and being taken into custody. What&#8217;s Happening: At 5:36 p.m. on March 14, deputies were running a DUI checkpoint on the Highway 27 East on-ramp when they tried to stop a black GMC Denali. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":237600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"above","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":[14110,8933,21911,21912],"class_list":["post-248139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-chase","tag-dui","tag-feloon","tag-royjeri-mcclendon","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248139","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\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=248139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=248139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=248139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}