Officers say the guy they were looking for stole a dog during a car theft in Pennsylvania. He was caught after a 120 mph chase through three counties ended in a crash in North Carolina on Saturday night.
Police in Tennessee are looking for 43-year-old Kenneth Wilson Crider for stealing a dog and a car almost a week ago in East Huntingdon, Westmoreland County. This was reported by CBS station KDKA and the Nash County Sheriff’s Office.
Police in Pennsylvania told KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh that a man’s car keys were stolen at a Tractor Supply store, and the thief then drove off in the man’s car, which had Lucky, a 10-year-old Airedale-terrier mix.
As of Saturday night, the Nash County Sheriff’s Office said that officers were called about a strange car near Octavia Drive in Dortches, which is close to Interstate 95.
Officials say that when deputies arrived, they tried to identify the driver of the car but the man took off, hitting a deputy’s car in the process.
After that, the subject drove north on I-95, first into Halifax County and then into Northampton County. Deputies said that at times, the chase went faster than 120 mph.
Deputies said that about a mile from the Virginia state line, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol helped with the chase and “eventually removed the vehicle from the roadway.”
Crider, from Poolesville, Maryland, was named as the driver, but Lucky the dog could not be found, police said.
Lucky was taken on September 23 and likely let go at a rest stop in North Carolina along Interstate 95 in or south of Nash County, according to authorities.
According to KDKA Lucky’s family is giving away $500 as a prize. The TV station said that Lucky wears a black collar and a flea collar that are linked together with a zip tie.
Crider was accused of careless driving, hit-and-run, assault with a dangerous weapon, having a stolen car, fleeing to avoid police, and failing to stop when lights and sirens were on.