MIDDLE TENNESSEE – From Chapel Hill to Nashville, a multi-agency manhunt ended this past week after a fugitive wanted on 19 outstanding warrants fell through a ceiling while attempting to evade the U.S. Marshal Service Fugitive Task Force, acccording to police in Nashville.
Authorities tracked 36-year-old Darrius Cane (photo above article) to an apartment complex on Nashboro Boulevard. In a desperate bid to escape, Cane entered an adjoining attic space to hide. The pursuit concluded abruptly when Cane fell through the drywall and landed in a neighbor’s living room, where task force officers took him into custody.
The arrest marks the end of a weeks-long search that began following a March 14 traffic stop in the Southeast Precinct. Officers initially pulled over a Dodge Charger driven by Cane for equipment violations, including a lack of tag lights and an unregistered temporary tag. During the encounter, Cane provided a false social security number and date of birth. When police identified him and ordered him to exit the vehicle, Cane accelerated, striking and injuring a patrol officer as he fled the scene…