Cross county vehicle pursuit results in methamphetamine bust
News, Press Release February 28, 2020
CLAY COUNTY, N.C. – Clay County Sheriff’s deputies seized nearly half a pound of methamphetamine after suspect abandoned their vehicle and fled on foot on Feb. 27. The next day, law enforcement tracked the individual to Towns, County, Ga.
On the afternoon of Feb. 27, 2020, deputies with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office attempted a traffic stop on a Chevrolet Malibu on Fires Creek Road in Hayesville. When the deputy initiated the traffic stop, the suspect immediately fled the area and lead deputies on a high-speed chase for several miles. Deputies attempted using “spike strips” but were unsuccessful. Deputies pursued the vehicle from Fires Creek Road to Carter Cove Road and into Georgia from West Gum Log Road. The suspects pulled into a driveway of a residence and fled on foot from the scene. Clay County, Towns County, and Union County deputies continued to search the area but were unable to locate the driver of the vehicle.
On Feb. 28, Clay County Sheriff’s Office received information that the suspected driver was in hiding at a Towns County residence. Deputies and investigators with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office assisted Towns County Sheriff’s Office in apprehending the suspect at that residence and took him into custody.
Zachary William Hart, 22 of Warne, had outstanding Orders for Arrest from Randolph County, N.C. for Resisting Public Officer, Expired/No Inspection, and Assault on a Female, as well as probation warrants from Georgia. He was also charged with a felony, Flee to Elude Arrest with Motor Vehicle, Possession with Intent to Manufacture Sell, and Deliver Methamphetamine and Traffick In Methamphetamine from the vehicle pursuit from the previous day. He is currently incarcerated in Towns County Detention Center awaiting extradition to North Carolina.
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