Moped Rider Steering With Feet Arrested, Meth Found

CANTON, GA —Evan Daves, of Blairsville, remained at the Cherokee County Jail Friday after his Thursday arrest for a series of incidents and violations that began when police spotted Daves steering a tag-less moped with his feet, according to TribuneLedgerNews.com.

Daves, 23, has been charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug-related objects, fleeing and attempting to elude, operating a motorcycle without a helmet, operating over certain roads prohibited and driving without a tag. Bond was set at $8, 465.

According to reports, Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds initially spotted Daves on his moped driving north on Interstate 575, south of Sixes Road. The officer noticed Daves' vehicle did not have its tags, and that Daves was steering with his feet.

When the officer tried to pull over Daves, the driver refused. Then, just north of Rabbit Hill Road, Daves pulled off the interstate and drove into the woods, eventually running away on foot. Reynolds captured Daves near Ronnell Road.

Later, deputies located a bag of suspected methamphetamine under the seat of the moped, according to TribuneLedgerNews.com,

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