Local man jailed following pursuit

SIKESTON -- A Dexter man faces multiple felony charges following a high-speed pursuit with law enforcement over the weekend.

Kyle W. Brashear, 21, is charged with felony distribution, delivering, manufacturing producing or attempting to possess a controlled substance and felony charges of resisting arrest/detention/stop by fleeing and creating a substantial risk of serious injury/death to any person.

About 12:30 p.m. Sunday Sikeston Department of Public Safety was dispatched to the Sikeston Walmart in reference to a shoplifting there, according to Capt. Jim McMillen, public information officer for Sikeston DPS. When the officer arrived, an employee said a subject had exited the store with stolen merchandise and had gotten into a vehicle. The officer was able to stop the vehicle on Highway 61, and as he was approaching, the driver, the vehicle sped away. The vehicle headed west on Highway 60, and that's when the officer called for help from the Highway Patrol and New Madrid County Sheriff's Department.

Officers traveled south on FF Highway and the vehicle continued south to Highway HH. The Patrol set stop sticks at HH and 61 and deflated the tires on suspect's vehicle.

Several times the suspect's vehicle attempted to strike the pursing officer and the vehicle went north on 61 and west toward Matthews. The vehicle stopped on Steele Street in Matthews, and the driver exited. The officers pursued him on foot and he ran into a residence on Sarah Drive. Officers then took the driver of the vehicle, Brashear, into custody.

Two other suspects were located in the vehicle. Names of the two individuals are being withheld, pending the filing of formal charges.

Officers recovered a small-caliber handgun, a large bag with what was believed to be marijuana, several components commonly used to make methamphetamine. In addition, digital scales and several plastic baggies were found.

At press time, Brashear remained in jail on a $50,000 bond.