2 arrested following high-speed chase

ASP: ‘Troopers will not tolerate activity that risks the lives of innocent civilians’

By THE TIMES NEWS STAFF

news@theeveningtimes.com

Two people were arrested after taking Arkansas State Police on a high-speed chase.

On Saturday, just before 11:40 p.m., ASP chased a black 2021 Ford Mustang and was reported driving recklessly and nearly causing crashes.

The pursuit started when the car drove through the Broadway Boulevard and Martin Luther King Drive (MLK) intersection in West Memphis going over 100 mph.

Troopers continued to chase the vehicle on

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Interstate 55 South Service Road.

As the suspect vehicle approached the intersection of the I-55 North Service Road and MLK, the Troopers did a tactical vehicle intervention (TVI) to end the pursuit.

Both people got out of the vehicle and ran away into a grassy field.

Troopers, with help from the West Memphis Police Department (WMPD), found both individuals.

Kylan Cunningham, 23, of Drummonds, Tenn., and the passenger, Tre’Von Burnett, 23, of Covington, Tenn., were arrested and taken to the Crittenden County Detention Center.

Troopers found a loaded black Tauras handgun, multiple vehicle key fobs, a vehicle key programming device, and illegal marijuana, Inside the vehicle, according to Arkansas State Police.

The suspect vehicle and the handgun had been reported as stolen.

Cunningham is charged with multiple felony counts, including possession of firearms by a certain person, fleeing, theft by receiving, and criminal conspiracy, along with other charges.

Burnett is charged with felony theft by receiving and criminal conspiracy, among other charges.

“We are taking every opportunity to warn the public about the dangers of fleeing from law enforcement. Fleeing is reckless and selfish,” said ASP Colonel Mike Hagar. “ASP Troopers will not tolerate activity that risks the lives of innocent civilians. We will stop fleeing suspects, and the consequences will be severe.”