In a high-stakes dash through Davidson County, 59-year-old Kenneth Wilson found himself on the wrong side of the law Monday evening. Wilson, behind the wheel of a stolen Kia Forte, led MNPD detectives on a heart-pounding pursuit after they spotted him parked in Shelby Park, East Nashville. When they tried to contain him, he rammed two police cars in a desperate escape. The events were part of a targeted initiative by local authorities to clamp down on car thefts and associated crimes, as reported by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department's official news release.

In a scene that could have leapt from an action movie, Wilson's alleged flight from justice took a startling turn when he decided to eject his passenger, 42-year-old Jerrica Smith — who later faced charges of joyriding. With the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, Aviation crew playing eye in the sky, officers strategically deployed spike strips to shred the tires of the Forte. Wilson, however, persisted, veering dangerously into incoming traffic, and, quite literally taking matters onto pedestrian pathways. In a terrifying moment, the Kia skirted past a school bus discharging its precious cargo of children at North 9th and Mansfield Streets, by fortune's grace, without impact.

Wilson's wild ride screeched to a halt on N. Main Street in Goodlettsville, where the law finally caught up with him. In the aftermath, the police recovered cocaine from the battered Kia, and it was confirmed that Wilson had been driving on a revoked license. According to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, he now faces a litany of felony and misdemeanor charges — 11 to be exact — which include vehicle theft, evading arrest, assault of an officer, and two counts of vandalism of government property.

Currently, Wilson is cooling his heels in jail, in lieu of a substantial $80,500 bond.