A seven-mile pursuit was caught on video during a multi-agency law enforcement effort along a stretch of U.S. Highway 1 that resulted in 53 traffic citations and two arrests. The high-visibility saturation patrol organized by the Vass Police Department and the North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program focused on U.S. 1 between Valley View Road and Cranes Creek Road on Friday night.
Seventeen officers from police departments all around Moore County participated in the operation, including the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Foxfire, Carthage, Pinebluff, Robbins, and Vass. Officers used handheld Lidar devices to detect speed violations, while additional units patrolled the area to enforce various motor vehicle laws.
Moore County News rode along with officers during the operation and captured footage of the pursuit, which ended safely thanks to a coordinated police response. The chase began on U.S. 1 northbound near the Highway 690 overpass when a driver refused to stop for multiple patrol units. Officers followed the vehicle for nearly seven miles before successfully boxing it in and bringing it to a controlled stop. The driver was removed from the vehicle, while the two passengers complied with officers’ commands and exited without incident. The northbound lanes of U.S. 1 were temporarily blocked for approximately 10 minutes during the incident. The driver was arrested and is facing multiple charges, while the two passengers were released at the scene.
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