On August 17, 2009 at approximately 23:24 hours Ptl. P. A. Bass of SAPD stopped a car for running a stop sign near the intersection of Claremont Avenue and Spruce Street. Reserve Officer J. Anderson saw items that appeared to be methamphetamine-making materials (bottle of HEET, container of Coleman fuel, several mason jars full of liquid, a cooking stove)

The driver handed this officer a WV registration card and a Temporary registration card, but not a driver’s license or an insurance certificate. When he asked again for a driver’s license, the driver then began to pull on the gear shifter located in the center of the vehicle. Ptl. Bass instructed the driver to turn his vehicle off. The driver then revved up the engine. Ptl. Bass told the driver a second time to shut the vehicle off. The driver said “I’m trying, my brake is stuck". Ptl. Bass reached inside the car in an attempt to shut off the vehicle. The driver then put the car in drive and took off. Ptl. Bass was had his arm stuck inside the car for a few seconds, but he was able to work his arm free. The driver fled the scene in his vehicle traveling south on Spruce Street. Officers were unable to keep up with the suspect who also turned off his lights to evade arrest.

Ptl. Bass noticed the name on the registration card and looked at a booking photograph from Nitro Police Department. Both Ptl. Bass & Reserve Officer Anderson identified the male in the picture as the suspect driver, Kevin Webster.

The suspect, Kevin Webster, now has outstanding misdemeanor warrants for:

1) Battery on Police Officer

2) Fleeing in Vehicle

3) Reckless Driving

4) No Proof of Insurance

5) Improper Registration

The suspect was driving a 1995 Chev Cavalier displaying a WV registration of DJC-576.

Released by:

Lt. James P. Agee

Public Information Officer