Shoals man arrested for resisting arrest

SHOALS – A Shoals man was arrested Thursday afternoon after an Indiana State Police trooper stopped him for reckless driving.

Anthony Jones

The trooper was on patrols on US 150 approaching Boyd Hollow Road when he saw a silver Chevrolet ZL1 Camaro passing another vehicle. The Camaro was traveling 96 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone.

The trooper initiated a traffic stop, but the driver of the Camaro did not slow down.

The trooper was able to catch up to the driver of the Camaro as it turned onto Lacy Road.

The driver then continued west on State Road 550 at a high rate of speed.

The driver Anthony Jones, of Shoals, stopped at Progress School Road.

Jones admitted to speeding and attempting to elude the trooper.

Johnson was arrested on charges of resisting law enforcement by fleeing in a motor vehicle and reckless driving.