Suspect linked to dumped body of Georgia man arrested after chase Wednesday

BATON ROUGE – A man previously arrested for dumping the body of a Georgia contractor who came to Baton Rouge and overdosed was arrested in a chase Wednesday afternoon. Derrick Perkins, 46, was arrested around 11:45 a.m. after trying to escape arrest in a stolen 2020 Nissan Maxima. The owner of the car called the police about the theft, leading to the chase. The stolen car led officers through Perkins Road and through the I-10 construction zone on East Lakeshore at City Park Lake before Perkins lost control of the vehicle and crashed near the exit ramp on Evangeline Street.

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