A Jackson man who led Warren County deputies on a high-speed car and foot chase though the eastern part of the county was held without bail this morning awaiting return to Hinds County.
Devonta Peoples, 19, 101 Gaylin St., Jackson, was arrested Monday afternoon and charged with felony eluding after leading deputies on a chase along U.S. 80, Mississippi 27 and a wooded area near Lee Road, Sheriff Martin Pace said.
At 10:53 a.m., deputies were notified that Peoples had been seen leaving an area of Hinds County where a number of burglaries had recently occurred and heading toward Vicksburg on U.S. 80, Pace said.
Two deputies patrolling U.S. 80, saw a black late model Toyota matching the description of Peoples’ vehicle and attempted a stop, but Peoples continued toward Vicksburg, Pace said.
Peoples turned south on Mississippi 27 but wrecked and bailed out of his vehicle after trying to pass a deputy just south of Warriors Trial, Pace said.
“We had about a two hour manhunt in the woods with multiple deputies and a Vicksburg canine unit,” Pace said.
Warren County Emergency Manager John Elfer was the first to spot peoples, Pace said.
Elfer, who is a former Warren County deputy, said Peoples was standing in front of a house in Turning Leaf subdivision off Lee Road.
Peoples surrendered to Elfer without incident. Elfer was watching the entrance to the subdivision after aiding the sheriff’s department on an unrelated wreck.
The car Peoples was driving was stolen from Clinton, Pace said.
Hinds County deputies and Clinton police interrogated Peoples on Monday afternoon, and he is expected to face auto theft charges in Clinton and burglary charges in Hinds County.
Hinds County deputies were expected to pick up Peoples from the Warren County Jail this morning.
“We are going to pursue the felony eluding charges, and he will be returned to Warren County after facing charges in Hinds County,” Pace said.
Peoples is unlikely to get bail set in the Warren County case because he was free on bail in an unrelated burglary charge in Hinds County at the time of his arrest.