A drunken driver who fled a traffic stop in 2024 — killing a Fayetteville pedestrian on his way home from work — was sentenced to more than a decade in prison recently. Logen Harvey, 23, of Parkton, pleaded guilty Jan. 5 to second-degree murder in the death of Tyrone “TJ” Bernard Thomas Jr., five days after Thomas’ 25th birthday.
For the murder charge and one count each of assault with a deadly weapon and felony death by vehicle, Harvey received a sentence of 13 to 16 years in prison, the record shows.
‘The deputy was never able to catch up’
According to court records and police statements, shortly after 10 p.m. July 9, 2024, Thomas was just leaving his job at McDonald’s for the 11-minute walk home when Harvey sped past a Cumberland County deputy a mile north on Murchison and Shaw Mill roads.
“The vehicle was traveling at such fast speed that the deputy was never able to catch up to the vehicle,” the charging document states…