Police Pursuit leads to Nashville Man’s Arrest

On Sunday police officers responded to a call about a reckless driver entering the city limits of Manchester. Officer were provided a description and a tag number and they saw a vehicle that matched both. Officers recognized a previous be on the lookout for a stolen vehicle out of Shelbyville.
When an officer made contact with the male driver he drove away, leading deputies and Manchester Police on a pursuit on city streets toward the city park nearly hitting a police car.
The man later identified as Frank T. Johnson age 34 of N 5th St Nashville, crashed the car and fled on foot through the city park. After a foot chase authorities were able to place Johnson under arrest after it was confirmed the car he was driving was stolen out of Shelbyville.
Johnson was charged with evading arrest, resisting stop, halt, frisk or search (non-violent), reckless endangerment, driving on revoked/suspended 4th offence and theft of property. Bond was set at $18,500 and his court date is April 19, 2016.