WEST VIRGINIA MAN WHO WAS WANTED ON PAIR OF FUGITIVE WARRANTS IN TWO STATES BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, IS CAPTURED IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AFTER POLICE PURSUIT IN LOUISA AREA
HE RAN AWAY FROM THE LAW; HE LOST IN THE CHASE: RONALD L. ADKINS, 53, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA; WHO WAS A FUGITIVE SUSPECT WANTED ON WARRANTS IN TENNESSEE AND WEST VIRGINIA; WAS FINALLY CAPTURED AFTER A POLICE VEHICLE CHASE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY ON THURSDAY EVENING.
A West Virginia man who was wanted on fugitive warrants in a couple states, was arrested early Thursday evening after leading numerous law enforcement officers on a chase through downtown Louisa and onto U.S. 23 which then went into a short high speed pursuit that ended several miles south in southern Lawrence County
According to a press statement from the Louisa Police Department, just after 6:30 P.M., the Louisa Police Department and the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, worked in conjunction with the U.S. Marshal Service Southern West Virginia Fugitive Task Force, who had begun a vehicle pursuit of a fugitive suspect, who was identified Ronald L. Adkins, 53, of Huntington, West Virginia; from West Virginia, who was wanted on several fugitive warrants in Tennessee and West Virginia, as they were approaching north of Louisa.
Ronald Adkins then led officers, deputies and marshals from the Louisa Police Department, Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, and the U.S. Marshal’s Service Southern West Virginia Fugitive Task Force on a chase through downtown Louisa, ending on US-23 south in Kise, located the Ulysses area of Lawrence County.
CHASE GAME OVER: FUGITIVE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY HIGHLY TRAINED ACTIONS OF THE OFFICERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE CAR CHASE.
Officers were soon able to eventually successfully deploy spike strips, and utilize a low speed box in maneuver of the vehicle Ronald Adkins was driving, which led to bringing the chase to an end, with no injuries to any officers, the public, or the suspect.
Ronald L. Adkins was arrested by officer Teddy B. Newsome, of the Louisa Police Department.
Besides the charges Ronald Adkins faces on the two of state fugitive warrants that he was hunted for by U.S. Marshals, he is now facing ten (10) new charges from the law enforcement chase in Louisa and Lawrence County.
Ronald Adkins new charges are as the following:
• SPEEDING 26 MPH OR > SPEED LIMIT,
• FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 1ST DEGREE (MOTOR VEHICLE),
• WANTON ENDANGERMENT-1ST DEGREE,
• WANTON ENDANGERMENT-1ST DEGREE-POLICE OFFICER,
• RECKLESS DRIVING,
• NO OPERATORS-MOPED LICENSE,
• IMPROPER PASSING,
• DISREGARDING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE-TRAFFIC LIGHT,
• FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE,
• FUGITIVE (WARRANT NOT REQUIRED).
Ronald L. Adkins was transported to, was lodged, and is currently being held in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, KY..
