Suspect in skid-steer theft, chase booked into jail: Mobile police
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man accused of stealing a skid-steer and leading police on a chase in January has been arrested.
According to the Mobile Police Department, Joseph Shelby Jones, 36, was arrested Friday and booked into Metro Jail.
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Jones is accused of the following charges: resisting arrest, first-degree theft of property, reckless endangerment, first-degree criminal mischief, felony attempt to elude and first-degree attempted assault.
Police said Jones stole a skid-steer on Jan. 30 in Tillmans Corner and attempted to hit an officer with it when authorities attempted to initiate a traffic stop. He then took the skid-steer onto Interstate 10 Westbound near Highway 90.
Jones allegedly did not stop for officers and began traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-10 before turning around and getting off the interstate at Exit 15B back toward Highway 90.
According to MPD, a police vehicle was hit by the skid-steer, which caused 'major damage.'
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Officers ended the pursuit by engaging the skid-steer driver, now identified as Jones, with gunfire. He was injured and taken to a local hospital.
Jones was released from jail on his own recognizance Friday and has court dates set for April and June.
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