Two passengers riding in a car during a traffic stop ran and apprehended before overdosing about 5 p.m., Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies reported.
When the driver stopped for Deputy Chris Danckwerth, passengers Hunter Van Caffey and Desiree Petty ran.
Caffey was apprehended after a short foot chase by Danckwerth, who is assigned to the Strategies and Tactics for Opioid Prevention/Drug Violence Initiative.
Sheriff’s Sgt. Jonathan McGee reported Murfreesboro Police located Desiree Petty after they received a call about a suspicious person walking on nearby Diana Street.
“While STOP/DVI deputies were conducting their traffic stop investigation, both suspects began to overdose,” McGee reported.
Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services paramedics treated both Caffey and Petty before transporting them to Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital where they were treated and released.
Danckwerth charged Caffey, 27, of Ferrell Hollow Road in Readyville with evading arrest, resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held on $3,500 bond at Rutherford County Adult Detention Center.
Petty, 36, of Ferrell Hollow Road, Readyville, was charged with felony destruction of evidence and evading arrest. She is being held $8,000 bond at Rutherford County Adult Detention Center.
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