CENTRAL, La. (BRPROUD) — The Central Police Department says it arrested a suspect earlier in June in connection to a police chase that ended in a crash on Joor Road.
The police department said the suspect was previously booked by Baton Rouge police on charges. Afterward, Central police conducted their own investigation into the crash.
The suspect driver was arrested on June 3 by Central Police Department on charges of DWI and first-degree vehicular negligent injuring.
On May 24, a vehicle taken in an alleged carjacking led Baton Rouge police officers on a chase into Central on Joor Road. Police said the chase ended when the suspect’s vehicle lost control, drove off the road, and hit Grace Presbyterian Church’s sign. A juvenile passenger was seriously injured, according to authorities.