August 7, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
An 18 year old suspect in a Nashville carjacking case, who led law enforcement authorities in a two county pursuit from I-40 to Cookeville Highway near Smithville was arrested Thursday after tire deflation devices were put down to get the stolen vehicle he was driving stopped.
18 year old Deyton Farless has been charged by the Baxter Police Department with driving without a license, theft of property, evading arrest, and reckless endangerment.
In a prepared statement, Sheriff Patrick Ray said that “On August 5 at 12:04 p.m. DeKalb County Dispatch received a call from the Cookeville area Tennessee Highway Patrol that Baxter Police were in pursuit of a stolen vehicle out of Davidson County and the driver was supposedly armed. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department also entered the pursuit on I-40 in Putnam County”.
“The pursuit then entered DeKalb County on Cookeville Hwy (56 North) from I-40. The Tennessee Highway Patrol, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and Smithville Police placed tire deflation devices at three different locations on Cookeville Highway near the Smithville City limits,” said Sheriff Ray.
Although the driver (Farless) maneuvered around one of the tire deflators, he was unable to avoid another put down by Sheriff’s Department Officers which disabled and forced the vehicle to stop. Farless and three others in the automobile were taken into custody.
Sheriff Ray and Smithville Police Chief Mark Collins said the tire deflation devices that were purchased this past year have been a great asset to their departments. Having them not only protects the patrol cars funded by the taxpayers, but more importantly, protects the lives of innocent persons including the officers as well as the suspects.