NOLENSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Just one week after being released from the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center, a man reportedly led Williamson County authorities on a pursuit in a stolen car.
On Thursday, Oct. 3, members of the Nolensville Police Department (NPD) were finishing up lunch and heading to their patrol cars in the parking lot of a Nolensville Road eatery when a license plate recognition (LPR) camera got a hit on a Kia Soul that was reported stolen from Nashville.
The officers saw the Kia pass by, so they quickly caught up to the driver, who was later identified as 46-year-old Meumamy Phongphat, and initiated a traffic stop.
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The suspect stopped and police issued commands, yelling, “Driver, step out!” However, Phongphat reportedly took off, heading south on Nolensville Road.
News 2 learned that the suspect spent almost a year in the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center for theft and drug possession. According to jail records, he was released on Thursday, Sept. 26, exactly one week before this wild chase.