Logan Lepard, 19
Lucas Dobbs, 29Four passengers in a sedan went for a wild ride Sunday night when a 19-year-old driver sped away from a police traffic stop in Red Bank, records show.
The passengers begged driver Logan Lepard to stop during the police chase, which began on the 3100 block of Dayton Boulevard around 10 p.m. and ended in a crash on U.S. Highway 153, Chattanooga police records show.
One passenger even called 911 from the back seat, according to an affidavit. At one point during the chase, Lepard slowed the car and two people tried to get out, but then the car sped off again.
The passengers were "screaming and freaking out," they later told police. One passenger was pregnant. They said Lepard called his mother during the chase to ask her what he should do.
He lost control of the vehicle after exiting U.S. 27 North onto Highway 153. He surrendered to police after the crash, records show. A Red Bank officer initially had pulled Lepard over for a license plate violation.
Lepard had at first stopped, but then sped away as the officer walked up to the car. No one was seriously injured in the crash.
Lepard was charged with five counts of reckless endangerment, two counts of adult kidnapping and nine other traffic-related charges.
He's not the only person to face a slew of charges because of a vehicle chase this week. On Monday, police handed 29-year-old Lucas Dobbs 19 charges after he allegedly fled from a police traffic stop on Signal Mountain Road.
Authorities attempted to stop Dobbs around 10 p.m. because they suspected he was driving under the influence, records show. Dobbs refused to stop, however, and twice tried to hit law enforcement vehicles during the ensuing chase, according to police.
He swerved in front of oncoming traffic while driving on Signal Mountain Boulevard, according to police. Fearing for the safety of other drivers, a Hamilton County sheriff's deputy rammed into Dobbs' rear bumper and forced him off the road.
The car slammed into a vacant building, and the deputy ordered Dobbs out at gunpoint. The man refused to move, however, and had to be pulled from the vehicle, according to police.
He told the deputy he was on drugs and had blacked out, according to the affidavit.
He was charged with two counts of aggravated assault on police, evading arrest, and 16 other traffic-related charges and was booked into the Hamilton County Jail.
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