2 arrested after stealing vehicle, pursuit with law enforcement
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Highland County Sheriff Donnie Barrera reports that on Jan. 17, sheriff’s office detectives were doing surveillance on a possible stolen vehicle. The detectives observed the vehicle in question leave a residence in the 10,000 block of state Route 28. The detectives followed the vehicle and were waiting on other deputies to arrive to make a traffic stop on the truck.
According to Sheriff Barrera, at approximately 5:54 p.m., a deputy advised the dispatcher that he was in a pursuit with the vehicle. The vehicle traveled off of the roadway into a yard, spinning out, and when he came back onto the roadway, he then struck the deputy’s vehicle, causing the deputy to travel off of the roadway. He then got stuck in the ditch.
Deputies from Fayette County and officers of the Greenfield Police Department continued chasing the vehicle. The truck then went through several yards and eventually got stuck in a bean field.
The male passenger exited the vehicle and fled on foot. The Greenfield police chief, Jeremiah Oyer, then got into an altercation with the driver of the vehicle. Richard Penn, the driver, was taken in custody by the Greenfield police chief and deputies of the Highland County sheriff’s office.
The passenger who had fled on foot was taken into custody with the help of the Highland County K-9 officer and K-9 unit. The passenger was identified as Andy Munyon.
Barrera reports that the GMC truck which the two subjects were in was identified as a stolen vehicle from Ross County.
Penn, 44, was charged with failure to comply and receiving stolen property. Munyon, 33, was charged with receiving stolen property and resisting arrest.
Both subjects were scheduled to be arraigned in Hillsboro Municipal Court on Jan. 18.
According to Sheriff Barrera, at approximately 5:54 p.m., a deputy advised the dispatcher that he was in a pursuit with the vehicle. The vehicle traveled off of the roadway into a yard, spinning out, and when he came back onto the roadway, he then struck the deputy’s vehicle, causing the deputy to travel off of the roadway. He then got stuck in the ditch.
Deputies from Fayette County and officers of the Greenfield Police Department continued chasing the vehicle. The truck then went through several yards and eventually got stuck in a bean field.
The male passenger exited the vehicle and fled on foot. The Greenfield police chief, Jeremiah Oyer, then got into an altercation with the driver of the vehicle. Richard Penn, the driver, was taken in custody by the Greenfield police chief and deputies of the Highland County sheriff’s office.
The passenger who had fled on foot was taken into custody with the help of the Highland County K-9 officer and K-9 unit. The passenger was identified as Andy Munyon.
Barrera reports that the GMC truck which the two subjects were in was identified as a stolen vehicle from Ross County.
Penn, 44, was charged with failure to comply and receiving stolen property. Munyon, 33, was charged with receiving stolen property and resisting arrest.
Both subjects were scheduled to be arraigned in Hillsboro Municipal Court on Jan. 18.