COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A high-speed vehicle pursuit spanning two counties and approximately 30 miles ended in the arrest of five individuals and the recovery of a substantial quantity of stolen marijuana early Thursday morning.
According to the Branch County Sheriff’s Department, at approximately 2:15 a.m. Thursday morning, a Branch County Sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding on E. Chicago Street near Vans Drive.
The driver refused to pull over, initiating a pursuit that traveled northbound on Interstate 69 and onto several secondary roads, where the driver repeatedly ran stop signs and disregarded traffic control devices to evade law enforcement.
The chase finally came to an end after the vehicle struck stop sticks deployed by the Emmett Township Department of Public Safety, drove through a residential yard, and stopped near a dead-end wooded area, where all four doors of the vehicle opened, and the five occupants fled on foot into the nearby woods. .
A coordinated multi-agency response, utilizing Michigan State Police K-9 units alongside officers from Emmett Township, Sturgis, and Battle Creek, successfully tracked down and apprehended all five suspects in the woods.
Upon searching the vehicle, deputies discovered a large cache of suspected stolen marijuana.
Multiple law enforcement agencies are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident, including potential criminal activity involving the suspects in other jurisdictions. Investigators are working collaboratively to determine whether the individuals may be connected to additional criminal offenses.
The investigation remains ongoing, and additional criminal charges may be sought as further information is developed.
According to jail records the suspects are identified as
Molesai Asante Parker, 21
Tyrone Dayquan Thomas, 25
Deshawn Damien West, 19
Keon Deshawn Shadwick, 25
Desean-Novell Anthony Goodall, 23
All five are from the Detroit suburb of Harper Woods and remain in the Branch County jail.
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