Pursuit Ends In Arrest In Greenville County

A man was in jail Tuesday night for allegedly running from the police after stealing a vehicle. 

At approximately 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a stolen vehicle. The caller was the owner of the vehicle and told dispatch that the vehicle had just been stolen from Spinx on Locust Hill Rd. The owner told dispatch the vehicle was equipped with a GPS system and he was actively tracking the vehicles location.

The owner began giving updated locations of the vehicle while dispatchers relayed the information to responding deputies. The vehicle was seen in the area of Milford Church Road and Highway 101 by a deputy. The deputy reportedly activated his emergency equipment to stop the vehicle and the driver of the stolen vehicle attempted to back up to get away from the deputy and struck a Ford pickup behind him. The driver jumped from the stolen vehicle and ran into a wooded area and a short foot pursuit ensued. The deputy lost sight of the subject in the wooded area and a K-9 responded to the area and tracked the subject behind a home on Milford Church Rd. where he was located and arrested. No one was injured during this incident.

The subject was identified as Timothy Wayne Gibson and was charged by Greenville County Sheriff’s Office for grand larceny, possession of a stolen vehicle, failure to Stop for a blue light and two counts of resisting arrest. Timothy Gibson was charged by the South Carolina Highway Patrol for the vehicle collision.

He was being held on bond at Greenville County Detention Center on Tuesday night.