Maysville teen arrested after high-speed chase

Christy Renee Gibson, 17, 1068 Old Miller Road, Maysville, was charged with failure to obey a traffic control device, driving with a learners permit (without license), improper turn or U-turn, reckless driving, speeding, failure to drive within a single lane, improper passing and two counts of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.

According to the incident report, Deputy Mark Jerome was on patrol on Hwy. 106 South when he spotted a Dodge Caravan weaving over the road.

As he approached the vehicle, the van made a U-turn, pulling into the parking lot of Neese Grocery. When Jerome activated his lights, the van pulled back into the southbound lane of Hwy. 106 and took off, reaching speeds of up to 109 mph in the 55 mph zone. The driver ran the red light at Norwood Road, traveled south and then ran the red light at Hwy. 29 and Hwy. 106, crossing over onto Glenn Carrie Road.

Gibson reportedly passed several vehicles in a no passing zone. Deputy David Kidd was waiting at the red light at Hwy. 72 and Glenn Carrie Road and had stopped traffic. The van ran that red light and crossed onto Old Elberton Road with both deputies in pursuit, crossing into Clarke County. The van then ran a stop sign at Voyles Road, before the driver lost control of the van and it flipped, with the van landing on the driver’s side. As the deputies approached the van, they noted that Gibson was standing up outside the vehicle, smiling at them. She first said that she was 16, but Jerome later confirmed her age as 17. Gibson told the deputies she was on intensive juvenile probation and had run away from home about 2 a.m. after slipping off her ankle monitor several days before.

She complained of soreness on her back, neck and leg from the accident and was transported by EMS to Athens Regional Hospital.

Other arrests on file at the sheriff’s office this week included:

•Dustin Jerome Bradshaw, 24, 349 Ruth Street, Athens, order to incarcerate for child support.

•Dusty Mackenzie Daniel, 22, 266 Cole Pepper Road, Commerce, no insurance.

•Carroll Anthony Funkhouser, 42, 51 Seagars Street, Bowman, terroristic threats and acts, giving false information or false name, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and obstruction of an officer. (Comer PD)

•Michael Shane Henderson, 32, 255 Country Lane, Danielsville, two counts of probation violation (possession of methamphetamine and criminal interference with government property).

•Richard James Holloway, 59, 2705 Trutters Pointe Drive, Snellville, DUI, driving while license withdrawn and open container in vehicle.
•Terry James Hughes, 44, 173 Hilley Road, Danielsville, two counts of order to incarcerate.

•Quincy Cornell Jones, 30, 215 Old Monroe Road, Bogart, probation violation.

•Shannon Allen King, 18, 473 Eades Road, Carlton, three counts of forgery in the first degree and theft by taking. (Comer PD)

•Michael Eugene Koch, 50, 606 Pendleton Street, Greenville, SC, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and simple assault. (Comer PD)

•Jillian Carol Phillips, 28, 175 Spring Court, Athens, pro