Two men were arrested after a traffic stop in Dunn late Saturday escalated into a vehicle pursuit that damaged two police vehicles and part of a restaurant, according to the Erwin Police Department.
Police said Officer Lamar Benjamin was conducting speed enforcement on U.S. Highway 421 near Zaxby’s shortly before midnight when he clocked a white Honda Civic traveling 61 mph in a 45-mph zone. Benjamin initiated a traffic stop, and the vehicle pulled into a public parking area near Cook Out on West Cumberland Street.
According to Erwin Police Chief Jonathan Johnson, officers approached the vehicle and attempted to detain the driver, Jah’mony Donivan Zymire Lewis, 20, of Lillington. Investigators said Lewis allegedly resisted officers as he exited the vehicle…