February 25, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A Smithville man has a date with a judge after leading a county deputy on a high speed pursuit before crashing his car on Sparta Highway last week.
42 year old James Theodore Evans of Smith Road is charged with evading arrest, driving on a revoked or suspended license, tampering with evidence, and two counts of sale and delivery of a schedule II controlled substance (methamphetamine and oxycodone). His bond is $50,000 and he will be in court March 7.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Wednesday, February 20 a deputy was patrolling on East Broad Street in Smithville when he spotted a white Cadillac with a broken taillight on the driver side. He initiated a traffic stop near Terrell Road but the car, driven by Evans, took off again. Before he fled, Evans tossed out several items through the car door window which were later recovered including a white container that held 1.6 grams of a crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine and a silver container which had a broken oxycodone pill. After Evans drove off with the deputy in pursuit he (Evans) crashed the car on Sparta Highway. The officer learned that Evans’ license were revoked on April 16, 2007 for a vehicular homicide in Wilson County and that Evans has never had the license reinstated.