03/26/08 — Beaufort man leads police on car chase

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Beaufort man leads police on car chase

By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on March 26, 2008 1:47 PM

Police say an intoxicated Beaufort man driving a stolen car under a revoked license refused to stop after being clocked at a high rate of speed on Spence Avenue.

Kevin Earl Guthrie, 25, led police on a chase Tuesday morning into Lenoir County, according to a release.

Lenoir sheriff's deputies used tire puncture sticks to immobilize Guthrie's vehicle, police said.

The chase ended with Guthrie's arrest with out further incident in a parking lot of a Kinston Lowe's Home Improvement Center, police said.

Guthrie was jailed under $75,000 bond, police said.