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Monday, May 19, 2008
Police chase ends in mother's yard
By JOSHUA AMES
Courier Staff Writer
A Burden man led Cowley County Sheriff's Department officers on a chase that ended in his arrest in his mother's yard Thursday afternoon.
When the officers responded to reports of an abandoned vehicle in the middle of 101st Road near Rock, they had little idea that the former occupant had already had some trouble that morning.
Undersheriff Don Read and deputies Ryan Ware and Will Tatum headed out to the vehicle's location, but when they arrived, witnesses said that the occupant of the vehicle, Tyson Harrison of Burden, had caught a ride in an unknown vehicle and was heading towards Atlanta.
Upon investigation, officers discovered that Harrison had caught a second ride after being dropped off a mile west of Atlanta, from a man he had known all his life, Edmond Kidd of Atlanta.
When officers caught up with Kidd's vehicle, they reported that Harrison kept opening and shutting the passenger side door, which made them think he was going to jump out.
Officers discovered later that both drivers had willingly given Harrison rides.
Cowley County Sheriff Bob Odell said situations like these are hectic and unpredictable to all involved.
"(Harrison) may have been thinking of jumping, since he opened and closed the door two or three times while they followed him," said Odell. "When a guy's not right, you just don't know what he's thinking."
Officers followed the vehicle all the way to Harrison's mother's house at 8439 201st Drive, Atlanta. There officers arrested Harrison in the yard without incident and booked him into the Cowley County Law Enforcement Center on charges of aggravated battery, criminal damage to property, criminal trespass, driving on a revoked license and deprivation of property.
Officers also later discovered that Harrison wasn't supposed to be at the house, since he had gotten into a fight with his brother, Dallas Harrison, earlier in the morning.
During the fight, it was reported that Tyson had struck Dallas over the head with a flashlight and also broke a window. Sheriff Odell said that he wasn't aware of any type of restraining order against Tyson, but the mother had instructed him not to come back after the fight.
The vehicle that Tyson had abandoned on 101st Road was actually Dallas's, which Tyson had taken without permission.
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