Following his arrest, a police sergeant accused of fleeing the scene of a DUI accident he allegedly caused resigned from his position with the department.
40-year-old Christopher Cowan was a sergeant with the Shepherdsville Police Department.
Late in the evening on November 27, Cowan was reportedly driving his black truck near the Corbin Speedway in Whitley County.
Last Sunday evening, 51-year-old Claudia Patterson, who has several prior infractions for driving under the influence of alcohol, was reportedly driving her truck in Memphis with her young grandson in the vehicle.
An officer with the Memphis Police Department was en route to the scene of an incident when they saw Patterson’s truck and asserted the driver was speeding and maneuvering the vehicle unsafely.
A woman is facing several felony charges after she alleged sped through a site set up for distributing the COVID vaccine and almost hit many workers.
On the morning of May 24, the parking lot at the Foothills Mall in Maryville, Tennessee, was one of the local sites people could go for a COVID vaccine. A tent for distribution of the injections, in addition to directional cones for traffic, was set up at the location.
Around 9:00 am, several people were inside the tent, including members of the National Guard and healthcare workers. A speeding vehicle was reportedly spotted by a deputy.
Destiny M. Bryner lives in Wyano, Pennsylvania, approximately 25 miles outside of Pittsburgh.
On the evening of April 18, firefighters were at the Turkeytown Fire Department when they saw a speeding vehicle wreck and roll over more than once.
Around 7:30 pm on February 20, 21-year-old Richard Lee Ortecho and a female passenger were reportedly traveling down Interstate 95 in an area close to Vero Beach.
As they cruised down the road, Ortecho was allegedly blasting the rap song “A Ciento Veinte” by the artist “Track Insano.”
An Indiana man who was reportedly speeding and found to have a blood-alcohol content more than five times the legal limit reportedly said he was not intoxicated.
47-year-old Jessie James lives in Cedar Lake, Indiana.
Just before 12:30 am on January 16, a Potter County police officer reportedly spotted a car on Indiana State Road 130 that was going double the posted 35-MPH speed limit.
The Atlanta rap artist “Silentó” was jailed and charged after allegedly driving more than double the posted speed limit on the Interstate.
22-year-old Richard Lamar “Ricky” Hawk is a rapper and singer who goes by the professional names “Silentó” and “Prince Silento.”
Hawk’s 2015 hit song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” was number 3 on the 2015 Billboard US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. This summer, the video, which features the popular dances named in the title, hit over 1.7 billion views on YouTube.
Four women are facing charges after they allegedly skipped out on paying their restaurant check when they asserted the restaurant served them undercooked.
A group of 18-year-old’s later identified as Savanna Brown, Onastea Tompkins, Angel Lovell, and Kiarra Warren reportedly decided to head to a restaurant for a meal in the early morning hours.
The women went to Denny’s restaurant located on U.S. Highway 20 in Portage, Indiana.
A New Jersey man was allegedly found with 500 pounds of THC candy stashed in his vehicle when he was pulled over for reportedly speeding and other illegal traffic maneuvers.
Around 11:00 am on October 5, 35-year-old Angelo Padilla Jr. was reportedly driving down the Indiana Toll Road.
Padilla was allegedly driving faster than the posted speed limit while trailing behind a semi-truck and reportedly performed an illegal lane change.
When a Nevada man was pulled over and accused of speeding, he reportedly told the officer that he was heading to a restaurant that was about to close and he didn’t want to miss out.
In the evening on August 23, a 25-year-old man was driving his vehicle in Reno with his girlfriend in the passenger seat. The couple was reportedly on their way to a restaurant.
While they were traveling, a deputy along their route reported that the car the suspect was driving sped past at such a high rate that their police vehicle was affected. The deputy said that navigating the patrol car took a great deal of effort due to what was purported as the gale from the suspect’s vehicle whizzing past.
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