HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Chesterfield Police shared information about a police pursuit that started on Route 10, near Route 1, in Chester and ended across the James River at an eastern Henrico County home.
"At about 8 p.m. on Jan. 21, an officer saw a red truck on top of the median sideways before it spun tires and fishtailed over a sidewalk," a Chesterfield Police spokesperson told CBS 6. The officer turned around to make a traffic stop on the truck, and he saw the truck hit a sign in the median and accelerate rapidly, fishtailing and almost striking citizen vehicles as it headed east on Route 10.
When the officer caught up to the truck near Old Stage Road and initiated the traffic stop, police said the driver did not stop.
"The officer pursued the vehicle as it headed east on Route 10, onto Rivers Bend Boulevard and then onto Meadowville Technology Parkway. At one point, the suspect vehicle entered a parking lot and drove through several barricades," the police spokesperson said. "When the suspect exited the parking lot, he spun out and came to a stop facing the officer’s car; the suspect then accelerated toward the officer’s car and the officer had to accelerate out of the vehicle’s path."
The truck driver also hit another officer's vehicle as he drove toward I-295, police said.
"The suspect vehicle got on I-295 and remained on that road until the driver exited at the New Market Road exit. The driver continued onto Doran Road, passing citizen vehicles on the wrong side of the road before turning through a ditch to pull behind a residence in the 7400 block of Doran Road. Officers saw the suspect running from the vehicle to the house," the police spokesperson said. "As officers approached the house, they encountered an adult female resident who said the suspect was in the house and had access to firearms. Police got the adult female and a child out of the house and then called Henrico PD for assistance."
After initially refusing to come outside, the truck driver eventually did, and he was arrested.
James Agee, 36, of Doran Road, was charged with felony eluding, reckless driving, two counts of hit and run, and three counts of assault on law enforcement, police said.
No one was hurt during the situation.
This is a developing story. Email the CBS 6 Newsroom if you have additional information to share.
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