The 19-year-old lady texted updates whereas within the backseat.
Courtesy of Tiffin Police Division
An Ohio man stole a automotive whereas a teenage passenger was asleep within the backseat, main police on a high-speed chase whereas the teenager texted real-time location updates to authorities, police stated.
Raylon Scott, 19, was snoozing within the backseat of a 2012 Audi A4 at a Hyundai dealership in Findlay when Justin Vaughn, 32, abruptly hopped within the driver’s seat and sped off with Scott nonetheless inside.
Scott and his buddy, Kharisma Guajardo, 17, had introduced the Audi there to the dealership to commerce it in.
Police had been shortly notified that the automobile was stolen, and Guajardo was in a position to observe the automobile because it took off “at a excessive price of pace” eastbound on US 224.
Scott texted his buddy real-time updates of their location “in addition to messages about [Vaughn’s] driving and threatening behaviors.” The messages had been forwarded to authorities, Findlay police stated in a press launch.
Police from neighboring Tiffin tracked and positioned Vaughn, who fled and prompted a automobile pursuit into Seneca County.
The pursuit ended when Vaughn crashed the Audi northwest of Sycamore. Each Vaughn and Scott suffered minor accidents from the crash, police stated, and had been handled on the scene by Sycamore EMS. A Seneca County Sheriff’s Workplace deputy additionally obtained an harm to his hand.
Vaughn was arrested after the crash and transferred to the Findlay Police Division.
He was incarcerated on the Hancock County Jail on costs of kidnapping, aggravated theft, and motorized vehicle theft.
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