BURGAW, N.C. (WECT) – A Camp Lejeune man was arrested and charged after leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase through two counties on Monday.
According to the NC State Highway Patrol (SHP), a patrol car attempted to stop a Chevrolet Corvette for speeding on NC-53 in Pender County near Burgaw at 2:59 p.m. The driver, 22-year-old Justin Nunez Ceballos, did not pull over, resulting in a chase that extended onto I-40 heading toward Wilmington. The pursuit was eventually called off at the point where I-40 merges into N. College Road in Wilmington.
“Minutes later, an additional State Highway Patrol member that was responding to assist located [Ceballos] in the Kings Grant area of Wilmington and attempted to stop the vehicle,” NCSHP stated…