NEWS RELEASE

 

TYPE OF OCCURRENCE:  TRAFFIC STOP LEADING TO PURSUIT           

 

DATE OF OCCURRENCE:  06-24-2022

 

TIME OF OCCURRENCE:    10:30 PM

 

LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE:    INTERSECTION OF HIGH STREET AND TUCKER STREET IN SALEM

 

INVESTIGATING OFFICER:   DEPUTY GAVIN HURST

 

OTHER DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED:   SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT, SCOTT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND INDIANA STATE POLICE

 

DETAILS:   ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 PM, DEPUTY GAVIN HURST ATTEMPTED TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP ON A SMALL, BLACK SUV THAT HAD SEVERAL REGISTRATION AND EQUIPMENT VIOLATIONS.

 

     THE VEHICLE REFUSED TO STOP NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGH STREET AND TUCKER STREET IN SALEM. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED THROUGH THE CITY LIMITS PASSING MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND FAILING TO STOP AT EVERY STOP SIGN IT APPROACHED.

 

     AFTER A STOP STICK DEVICE DEPLOYED BY THE SCOTT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND A STOP STICK DEVICE DEPLOYED BY THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A REST NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US 31 AND BROWNSTOWN ROAD IN CLARK COUNTY. THE DRIVER, DAVID BARRETT FROM AUSTIN INDIANA, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND BOOKED INTO THE WASHINGTON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

 

     BARRETT WAS CHARGED WITH RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH A VEHICLE, LEVEL 6 FELONY, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A SYRINGE, LEVEL 6 FELONY, OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED - ENDANGERING, CLASS A MISDEMEANOR, RECKLESS DRIVING, CLASS C MISDEMEANOR.

 

     ALL SUSPECTS ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW

 

BRENT MILLER

WASHINGTON CO. SHERIFF