A Jonesborough man faces multiple charges after leading Washington County Sheriff's Deputies on a high-speed chase. The suspect, identified as 44-year-old James Robert McInturff, has been charged with three counts of reckless endangerment among other offenses, following an incident on Highway 107.
Officials report that during a routine patrol on Dec. 27, deputies attempted to pull over a dark blue Ford whose license plate was registered to a Jeep. Rather than stopping, the Ford allegedly sped up, veering dangerously into an emergency lane and almost hitting two vehicles. According to a social media post from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, a witness identified the driver as McInturff, and the address associated with the license plates matched his residence.
The chase came to a close in the early hours of Dec. 29 when McInturff was apprehended without incident at a property on the 400 block of Upper Sand Valley Road. Additional charges leveled against him include felony evading arrest, driving while revoked – his second or subsequent offense – altering plates, and failure to maintain control of his vehicle.
Now in the custody of the Washington County Detention Center, McInturff was denied bond and expected to make a court appearance on the same day of his arrest. Details of the arraignment are not immediately available, but sources point to the various charges, suggesting a complicated legal road ahead for the defendant. In the meantime, the community is left to grapple with the dangers posed by such alleged reckless behavior on their roads.
