According to the McCracken County Sheriff's Office, at about 9:15 pm, sheriff's detectives were re-fueling at Huck’s on Olivet Church Road. While at the gas station, detectives saw a man in a hooded sweatshirt get out of a vehicle with no registration plates and enter the building. The man came back out, got into the vehicle and quickly drove away. Police said two males were seen inside the vehicle.
Detectives attempted to the stop the vehicle on Olivet Church Road for having no plates, but the vehicle fled. The man drove through a yard near the intersection of James Sanders Blvd. where he struck a parked vehicle and continued on. While driving through the yard, detectives saw the driver throw something out of the vehicle.
A short time later, the man lost control of his vehicle and drove through a wooded area in the 5500 block of Commerce Drive where the vehicle came to an abrupt stop. Detectives arrived within seconds and detained the passenger of the vehicle. He was eventually released.
The driver, 26-year-old Jakari Garnett, fled on foot into a wooded area. Paducah Police K-9 Officer Shawn Craven and his K-9 arrived and assisted in tracking Garnett. He was found hiding approximately 200 yards from the vehicle in a wooded area and was arrested without incident. A check of computer records revealed that Garnett was wanted on an outstanding McCracken County bench warrant.
Detectives returned to the yard of the home where Garnett was seen throwing something out of the vehicle and seized numerous Xanax pills. In a wooded area behind the home where the pills were found, deputies located a .357 revolver with the serial number defaced.
Garnett was lodged in the McCracken County Regional Jail on charges of fleeing or evading police, criminal mischief, tampering with physical evidence and no registration plates. Detectives said the investigation is continuing and additional charges are likely.
