A man fleeing from police was hurt after jumping a fence during the pursuit, falling a height of more than 16 feet.
Travis Don Edgin, 19, of Hot Springs, was sitting in a stolen parked car early Sunday morning when he turned on the vehicle’s taillights, according to a police report on file at the Arkadelphia Police Department. Officer Coy Hasley was in the residential area on routine patrol near Forrest Park Drive and Ivy Circle when, at 3:21 a.m., he saw taillights flicker on Ivy Circle. Hasley backed up his patrol car to check out what was going on.
Meanwhile, the man in the vehicle, later identified as Edgin, turned off the taillights. Hasley drove slowly on Ivy Circle, as the taillights flickered back on and Edgin began traveling south, toward the street’s dead end. Edgin turned around at the dead end and drove north, gaining speed, according to the report. Hasley wrote in the report that “I knew he was trying to get away from me,” so he radioed for assistance.
Edgin and Hasley then continued pursuit west on Forrest Park Drive before turning onto Wildwood Cove, where Edgin pulled into a yard. The report indicates that Edgin left the vehicle running as he fled out of the vehicle and jumped a fence near 4 Wildwood Cove.
“I did not pursue Mr. Edgin over the fence,” Hasley wrote, “because I used to live at the house and knew there was about a 16-foot drop-off on the other side.”
Instead, Hasley took another route, walking around the home and finding Edgin standing against a wall.
Hasley drew his gun on Edgin, instructing him to the ground, the report says. He asked Edgin if he was hurt, to which he replied, “Yes. I bit my lip, and my back hurts.” Hasley kept Edgin at gunpoint until other officers arrived at the scene and placed him in handcuffs.
According to the report, Edgin told police he was too hurt to walk, so he waited with officers until a Baptist Health Medical Center ambulance crew arrived to take him to the hospital.
Hasley meanwhile ran the vehicle’s license plate number through the Arkansas Crime Information Center to find that the vehicle was stolen out of Hot Springs.
Edgin “did not suffer any major injury” and was released from the hospital, the report states. Edgin was cited for driving with a suspended license and fleeing. Authorities in Garland County asked Arkadelphia police to release Edgin, as a warrant for his arrest would be prepared there.
The vehicle was a 2003 Infiniti.
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A man fleeing from police was hurt after jumping a fence during the pursuit, falling a height of more than 16 feet.
Travis Don Edgin, 19, of Hot Springs, was sitting in a stolen parked car early Sunday morning when he turned on the vehicle’s taillights, according to a police report on file at the Arkadelphia Police Department. Officer Coy Hasley was in the residential area on routine patrol near Forrest Park Drive and Ivy Circle when, at 3:21 a.m., he saw taillights flicker on Ivy Circle. Hasley backed up his patrol car to check out what was going on.
Meanwhile, the man in the vehicle, later identified as Edgin, turned off the taillights. Hasley drove slowly on Ivy Circle, as the taillights flickered back on and Edgin began traveling south, toward the street’s dead end. Edgin turned around at the dead end and drove north, gaining speed, according to the report. Hasley wrote in the report that “I knew he was trying to get away from me,” so he radioed for assistance.
Edgin and Hasley then continued pursuit west on Forrest Park Drive before turning onto Wildwood Cove, where Edgin pulled into a yard. The report indicates that Edgin left the vehicle running as he fled out of the vehicle and jumped a fence near 4 Wildwood Cove.
“I did not pursue Mr. Edgin over the fence,” Hasley wrote, “because I used to live at the house and knew there was about a 16-foot drop-off on the other side.”
Instead, Hasley took another route, walking around the home and finding Edgin standing against a wall.
Hasley drew his gun on Edgin, instructing him to the ground, the report says. He asked Edgin if he was hurt, to which he replied, “Yes. I bit my lip, and my back hurts.” Hasley kept Edgin at gunpoint until other officers arrived at the scene and placed him in handcuffs.
According to the report, Edgin told police he was too hurt to walk, so he waited with officers until a Baptist Health Medical Center ambulance crew arrived to take him to the hospital.
Hasley meanwhile ran the vehicle’s license plate number through the Arkansas Crime Information Center to find that the vehicle was stolen out of Hot Springs.
Edgin “did not suffer any major injury” and was released from the hospital, the report states. Edgin was cited for driving with a suspended license and fleeing. Authorities in Garland County asked Arkadelphia police to release Edgin, as a warrant for his arrest would be prepared there.
The vehicle was a 2003 Infiniti.
