CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – Deputies with the Christian County Sheriff’s Office were involved in a brief pursuit of a suspect Wednesday night in Oak Grove that ended across the state line.
On Nov. 11 just after 10 p.m., deputies, along with Kentucky State Police, were conducting a traffic safety checkpoint on Pembroke Oak Grove Road when a car fled from law enforcement. The short pursuit ended at the Circle K on Pembroke Road in Clarksville, Tennessee with deputies using a precision immobilization technique (PIT) to disable the vehicle, according to a news release from CCSO.
The driver, identified as 31-year-old Jocqui Smith of Clarksville, was taken into custody on active warrants in Tennessee and will be additionally charged in Kentucky with fleeing or evading police, criminal mischief, and additional charges that are pending.
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