May 1, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A Sparta man who led law enforcement authorities on a pursuit last month after being pulled over on a traffic stop was sentenced in DeKalb County Criminal Court Wednesday, May 1.
25 year old Joshua Andrew Hudson entered a plea to evading arrest with a motor vehicle and received a 2 year sentence on TDOC probation.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on April 12 a deputy spotted Hudson’s vehicle near the White County line on Highway 70 and tried to initiate a traffic stop. Hudson was the driver but another man was also in the automobile. After the officer turned on his emergency lights and siren Hudson pulled over at a business just across the county line in White County but never came to a complete stop before merging back onto the highway heading toward Sparta. Another DeKalb County deputy then began a pursuit of the vehicle and was joined in the chase by a White County deputy and a THP state trooper. Although the DeKalb County officer terminated his pursuit near Highway 111, the other officers continued the chase but could not catch up with Hudson, who was exceeding speeds of up to 100 miles per hour and passing other traffic. They found his abandoned vehicle later that night. The following day Hudson and another person were spotted walking along the road in White County and were taken into custody.