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21-year-old Lennie Mitchell Jr. was seen driving a white Dodge Charger with the wrong license plate on John A Merritt Boulevard on December 31st, 2023. While observing the Charger enter a gas station, officers discovered that its license plate actually belonged to a white 2015 Chrysler 300 S. After learning this, officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the Charger with their emergency lights and sirens. Despite this, the Charger proceeded to accelerate onto I-40.
Officers reported that Mitchell Jr. drove at speeds well above 100 mph into heavy traffic on I-40 West, so they terminated the traffic stop. Once the chase ended, officers returned to the gas station. Officers then obtained recordings of Mitchell Jr. entering the parking lot, entering the business, and re-entering his car. Mitchell Jr. was later found and taken into custody for evading arrest and misuse of registration on August 5th, 2024.
Lennie L. Mitchell Jr of Belle Valley Drive in Nashville, TN, was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on August 5th, charged with evading arrest and misuse of registration. He is free on a $2,000 bond.
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