On Friday July 4th at approximately 08.00 p.m. during a routine patrol in the Middle Region area, a Philipsburg Police patrol saw white Hyundai I-10 with the license-plate 2066AAB and very dark tinted windows drive through the neighborhood.
The car chase stopped as Statia Drive street comes to a dead end. The driver jumped out of the car and took-off running through the nearby bushes. The police officers chased the suspect on foot and shortly after caught-up with him. The suspect resisted heavily against his arrest, but was quickly brought under control. The suspect was taken back where the suspect vehicle was left behind. During a search of the vehicle a loaded caliber .38 pistol was found under the passenger seat.
The suspect was immediately arrested for the possession of a fire-arm. The vehicle and weapon were confiscated for further investigation. At the Philipsburg Police Station two police officers recognized the suspect as the same one involved in the police chase on Thursday July 3rd involving a white Nissan Almera with license plate 5180-AAB that hit numerous vehicles during the chase causing a lot of material damage.
The suspect with initial L.T. (26) will also be charged and investigated with that case.