Adults, juvenile charged in pursue, stolen vehicle
THOMASVILLE — An scene that began in a Thomasville neighborhood late Tuesday morning ended at the Cairo city boundaries after a high-speed pursue involving suspects and lawmen from several jurisdictions.
A McKinley Street resident called police to report a man attempting to come in her vehicle.
“The victim actually eyed this going on,” said Sgt. Toby Knifer, Thomasville Police Department Criminal Investigations Division assistant commander.
The victim confronted the man, who left on foot and was seen talking to people in a white Toyota. The woman provided police with a description of the man and the tag number on the white car. Police soon found the man on Martin Luther King Drive.
As police were talking to the man, the white car drove by. A check of the license plate verified it was the vehicle the woman had seen near her house. The vehicle had been reported stolen in Tallahassee, Florida.
Officers attempted to stop the Toyota. “It did not stop,” Knifer said.
The car headed west on U.S. 84. Police notified Thomas County and Grady County sheriffs’ offices and Cairo police. The car was stopped at the Cairo city thresholds.
Through interviews, detectives learned two others were involved with the stolen vehicle.
“Those individuals were apprehended in Thomasville at a house in the McKinley neighborhood,” Knifer said.
Four adults and a 16-year-old damsel were arrested. The adults are in the Thomas County Jail.
The juvenile was a runaway from the Florida Department Children services. The teenage was charged here and turned over to the Florida agency.
Those arrested and charges are:
• Jordan Williams, 20, one thousand nine hundred four Saxon St., Tallahassee, driver of the stolen vehicle, bringing stolen property (stolen vehicle) across state lines, numerous traffic offenses.
• Theadora Vaughan, 17, two thousand six hundred twenty six E. Park Ave., Apartment 16204, Tallahassee, passenger in the stolen vehicle, bringing stolen property (stolen vehicle) across state lines, motor vehicle theft.
• Juvenile suspect, bringing stolen property (stolen vehicle) across state lines, motor vehicle theft.
• Tiana Johnson, 17, five hundred sixteen McKinley St., Thomasville. Johnson was arrested at five hundred sixteen McKinley after she was identified as being involved and in possession of the stolen car from Tallahassee. She is charged with bringing stolen property (stolen vehicle) across state line, motor vehicle theft.
• Donnell Brinson, 20, six hundred twenty Campbell St., Tallahassee. Brinson is the suspect seen attempting to break into the Thomasville victim’s car and left the scene walking. He is charged with bringing stolen property (stolen vehicle) across state lines, motor vehicle theft.
“They were in one stolen vehicle and were attempting to steal another one,” Knifer said.