Saturday, November 26, 2011
Teen Leads Police On Chase
{Nitro, West Virginia}... West Virginia State Police arrested 18 year old Travis Myers in Nitro Saturday morning and charged him with fleeing in a vehicle, fleeing on foot and reckless driving, with more charges pending. Troopers say when they pulled Myers over along Route 60 East, he threw a bag out the window containing what appeared to be marijuana. When a trooper picked up the bag and approached Myers' vehicle, he took off, leading several departments on a 15 minute chase, reaching speeds of more than 90 miles per hour, before turning onto a dead-end road in Putnam County, where he got out of the car and fled on foot. He was caught a short time later. During the arrest, police say there was a struggle and Myers had to be tazed.