GRAYVILLE – A Tennessee man wanted by U.S. Marshals for violating probation led White County and other area law enforcement on a pursuit that began at a rest stop on I-64 in Grayville and ended with his arrest after he crashed his vehicle and fled into a wooded area south of I-64 in Indiana Tuesday.

According to White County Sheriff Jordan Weiss, White County Dispatch received a phone call at 10:15 a.m. from the Nashville, TN Police Department saying they had a wanted subject identified as Brandon M. Freeman at the Skeeter Mountain rest area on I-64 in Grayville.

Freeman was wanted out of Nashville, TN and wanted by U.S. Marshals for Violation of Probation and was driving a gold four-door car with Tennessee registration. Freeman is known by Tennessee law enforcement to be armed and dangerous, to fight law enforcement and evade arrest.

Just before 11 a.m., the White County Sheriff’s Department, Grayville Police Department, Edwards County Sheriff’s Department and Illinois State Police surrounded the rest area. Sheriff Weiss and two ISP Troopers drove into the rest area in an attempt to take Freeman into custody. They located Freeman’s vehicle in the rest area parking lot. They maneuvered their squad cars in a way to box in Freeman’s vehicle. ISP Troopers and Sheriff Weiss ordered Freeman to get out of the car with his hands raised. The vehicle then drove onto the sidewalk and fled west on I-64.

White County units along with Grayville Police began to pursue the vehicle. At this time, Carmi Police was enroute to assist. The suspect vehicle fled into Grayville City Limits along Route 1 and back onto I-64. The suspect vehicle traveled at a high rate of speed east on I-64 into Indiana. All White County law enforcement terminated the pursuit at this time.

Sheriff Weiss was notified by the U.S. Marshals Service that the suspect vehicle had been spotted on I-64 in Indiana. The vehicle crashed at mile marker 35 and the driver fled into a wooded area south of I-64. Indiana law enforcement located Freeman and took him into custody.

Sheriff Jordan Weiss would like to thank the Grayville Police Department, Edwards County Sheriff’s Department, the Illinois State Police, Illinois Conservation Service, Illinois Secretary of State Police and Indiana Law Enforcement for the diligent work in this incident.