Multi-agency effort ends with capture of those who led high-speed chase

One in custody found to have multiple open warrants

Jasper, Tenn. – On January 30, 2023, at approximately 5:00 pm, a Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) prisoner transport van was carjacked at gunpoint and stolen by two males driving a Nissan Versa at Exit 143 on I-24. The juvenile prisoner in the van escaped with the carjackers and got onto I-24 East Bound. Law Enforcement spotted the DCS Van and a Nissan Versa at Exit 152 in Kimball, and a high-speed chase began. The chase ended just before the I-24 / US-27 split in Chattanooga when Law Enforcement boxed the Nissan Versa in and forced it up against the concrete barrier wall. At that location, the male juvenile escapee was captured along with Bryan Stone. The DCS transport van was recovered at a second location in Jasper, and Richard Gerald was later taken into custody.

Richard Gerald

The juvenile who was initially in custody for 2nd Degree Murder was turned back over to DCS. Stone and Gerald were booked into the Marion County Jail on the charge of Armed Robbery, with more charges pending. During the fingerprinting process, it was determined that Stone already had eleven active arrest warrants in Hamilton County, including four warrants for Attempted 1st Degree Murder.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office, 12th Judicial District Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, South Pittsburg Police Department, Jasper Police Department, and Kimball Police Department all worked together to bring this event to a successful

Bryan Stone

end, which resulted in all of the individuals involved being taken into custody. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division will now take over the investigation to pursue further charges.

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