SJPD on crash at 22nd and Frederick. Photo by Travis Dodge
33-year-old Jessie Edwards was taken into custody by the St. Joseph Police Department after a multi-county vehicle pursuit.
According to Sgt Jake Angle with Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop H the pursuit began in Troop A when the suspect was located in a brown Jeep Cherokee and was initially pursued for traffic violations. Angle said deputies with the Platte County Sheriff’s Department and law enforcement officials around Gower Missouri took part in the chase but later broke off near Edgerton on I-29.
St. Joseph Police Department Captain Jeff Wilson said Edwards was taken into custody in the north end of St. Joseph after causing several accidents including one at Frederick and 22nd street. Edwards was arrested on a warrant while on foot in the area of Randolph and Newport roads around 11 a.m. Wilson said Edwards did not resist arrest and was cooperative at that point.
He is currently being held in the Buchanan County Law Enforcement Center awaiting charges.
The vehicle he had been driving that wrecked has also been towed into evidence.