A man accused of stealing a pickup truck on Sunday and then leading law enforcement officers in a brief pursuit on Monday has now been charged.
Albert Adams, III, age 42, a Jasper resident, is currently in the Jasper County Jail where he’s charged with Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle. His bond has been set at $5,500.00.
Jasper Police Lieutenant Garrett Foster said it began on Sunday evening when Adams reported stolen his 1996 Dodge pickup truck.
Early Monday afternoon, Adams said he spotted his truck at a game room on Highway 63 East and as he was on the phone with 911 dispatchers, he saw and flagged down Precinct 2 Constable Niles Nichols. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Foster was just a short distance away.
Foster said when he and Nichols tried to stop the truck, Adams refused to pull over. However, they were able to get him stopped on Farm to Market Road 776 and took Adams into custody.
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