CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A suspect who police pursued from Buckingham County all the way to Charlottesville on Friday, only to have him escape in the city, is still at large, Charlottesville Commonwealth Attorney Joe Platania said.
“I do want to publicly comment on this because I think the public deserves to know,” Platania said, declining to name the suspect. “My understanding is that the individual is still wanted, that they’ve identified who it was. He was wanted out of one or two other jurisdictions for offenses, and he’s now presumably wanted in Charlottesville for felony eluding. He’s alleged to have committed a crime in the city, so he’ll be charged with that in addition to the other jurisdictions he eluded in and the other jurisdictions where he’s got warrants. Just so the public knows, law enforcement is on top of that and actively looking for this individual who they believed they have identified.”
At approximately 4:44 p.m. Friday, multiple law enforcement agencies were engaged in a pursuit of a suspect who was eluding the police. The chase originated in Buckingham County, which is approximately an hour south of Charlottesville…