Contributed photo / Andrew TaylorA man is in custody after leading Hamilton County deputies on a looping, high-speed chase through Soddy-Daisy neighborhoods on Friday morning.
Andrew Scott Taylor, 40, was in a black BMW at the drive-thru of Smokin’ Joe’s Tobacco Shop in the 8700 block of Hixson Pike just before 9 a.m. when a deputy thought he recognized him, according to Hamilton County court records.
The deputy was familiar with Taylor because he had multiple outstanding warrants, court records state, and when the deputy ran the vehicle’s license plate it returned as a silver 2004 Volkswagen, not a black BMW.
After leaving the drive-thru, Taylor pulled into a gas station a few blocks away, got out of the car and went inside. The deputy tried to block Taylor’s car in and waited for him to get back into the car before attempting to initiate a traffic stop in the parking lot, according to the arrest report.
Taylor did not stop and instead accelerated in reverse through the parking lot and onto Hixson Pike, according to court records. The deputy gave chase, and the two reached speeds of up to 90 mph. When going around a curve, Taylor’s vehicle left its lane until it made an abrupt turn onto East Ridge Trail Road and then onto Millard Road.