THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 2, 1994 TAG: 9406020446
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: D3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY ROBERT LITTLE, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: 940602 LENGTH: SUFFOLK
Police said the chase began in Franklin just before 9 p.m. when Louis Andre Holmes, 35, of Waverly, sped away from a gas station without paying. A Franklin police officer who recognized him began chasing him east on U.S. Route 58.
{REST} Suffolk Police officer C.T. Hughes and State Police Trooper R. Taylor took over the chase in Suffolk.
Holmes tried several times to force Taylor off the road, police said. As the cars approached the Nansemond River Bridge near Wilroy Road, Hughes pulled next to Holmes, who rammed the side of his patrol car.
Police said Hughes then pulled ahead to avoid being hit again. Holmes rammed him from behind, spinning both cars out of control.
The cars stopped against a guardrail on the east end of the bridge, and Holmes climbed out his car window and ran into the woods, police said.
Neither officer was injured. Hughes' patrol car received about $2,000 damage.
Suffolk Police spokesman Mike Simpkins said Holmes is a habitual traffic offender and does not have a driver's license.
Authorities have filed two attempted capital murder warrants against him for allegedly trying to kill the two police officers.
Holmes is a black male, about 6 feet tall, with light skin and a moustache and weighing about 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing brown boots, a purple shirt and stonewashed jeans.
Police said he was spotted on foot near Franklin at about 11 a.m. Wednesday.
{KEYWORDS} HABITUAL OFFENDER ACCIDENT TRAFFIC
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