ASHEBORO, NC : Teen charged in car chase, crash on Wednesday, January, 31st 2018

A teenager has been charged after she crashed a stolen car during a police chase in Asheboro Wednesday night.

According to Chief Steve Leonard of the Randleman Police Department, the event began Wednesday evening around 7 p.m. when a Randleman patrol officer used radar to clock a 2017 Hyundai Sonata doing 62 miles per hour on West Academy Street, which is a 35 mile-per-hour zone. The officer activated his lights and siren but the Hyundai driver refused to stop.

The chase continued south onto Main Street/U.S. 220 Business, entering the Asheboro city limits. With speeds monitored up to 85 miles per hour, the chase ended when the Hyundai collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Fayetteville and Presnell streets.

The Hyundai struck a 2001 Honda driven by Herbert Fernando Arevalo of 214 Rich Ave., Apt. D, Asheboro. The Hyundai’s momentum carried it into a light pole, causing damage to several other light poles and traffic signals in the intersection. The impact caused the pole to topple onto the speeding vehicle.

Officers arrested Janiya Amori Martin, 16, of McLeansville, no permanent address. A passenger with her was Tinisha Kathryn Joeretta Means, 22, of 1530 McCormick St., Greensboro.

All three persons involved in the accident were transported to the hospital and later released.

Leonard said Martin was not cooperative during the arrest. However, she and Means later told police that they had met that evening in a Greensboro library. Martin asked to borrow Means’ phone charger, and while the phone was charging, they went for a drive.

“They ended up here,” Leonard said.

He said the investigation has not found Means to be an accomplice in the car chase. But officers did charge her with simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Martin was charged with flee to elude arrest with motor vehicle, fail to heed light and siren, speeding 62 in a 35, possession of stolen motor vehicle, possession of stolen goods, wreckless driving to endanger, fail to stop for steady red light, speeding 85 in a 35 and no operator’s license.

Martin was placed in the Randolph County Jail but allowed custody release to her parents. As of Thursday evening, she remained in jail.

The owner of the Hyundai was identified as Larry Eugene Carroll of 4414 Eldorado Drive, Greensboro. Leonard said the Greensboro Police Department was notified of the vehicle’s whereabouts and condition, estimated $24,000 in damages. Carroll was expected to come and get any of his possessions from the car at Randleman Towing, where it was transported.

Damage to the Honda was estimated at $4,500. Damage to two light poles was estimated at $5,000 each.

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Teen charged in car chase, crash