WALTON COUNTY, Fla (WDHN)—A man from Lebanon Tennessee is in police custody in Florida after a 50-mile pursuit ended in a crashed U-Haul and a chase by way of the woods.
According to a press launch from Walton County Sheriff’s Office, on the evening of Wednesday, December 7, Joshua James Cornelius, 40 was arrested in Okaloosa County by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office after being stopped on a motorbike with no tag.
He was charged with possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia and was launched on a signature bond Thursday morning.
Police say round 9:00 p.m. that very same day, Cornelius kicked in the door of a enterprise situated in Santa Rosa Beach and stole a U-Haul.
Local deputies tried to cease Cornelius on Highway 98 in Inlet Beach, however in response to the press launch, Cornelius refused to cooperate and fled the site visitors cease.
The chase started on Highway 98 and continued on 331 South to Highway 90 in Defuniak Springs.
According to the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office, HCSO deputies joined in the pursuit close to Ponce De Leon, not lengthy earlier than the U-Haul crashed into the woodline off Highway 81.
Police say after abandoning the crashed U-Haul in the woods and working, Cornelius was tracked down by members of the HCSO, Walton Correctional Ok-9 Team, and Florida Highway Patrol.
Cornelius was arrested and transported to the Holmes County Jail.
At the time of his arrest, He was carrying an ankle monitor from a bondman in Tennessee.
After an investigation, police say they discovered the identical motorbike he was stopped on in the again of the U-Haul.
Cornelius is the suspect in a number of burglaries in Walton County from December 5.
Cornelius could possibly be dealing with a number of expenses together with grand theft, housebreaking, fleeing and eluding, and grand theft auto.
