Published: January 1, 2019


A COLBERT COUNTY MAN AND TWO LAUDERDALE COUNTY FEMALES HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH A STOLEN VEHICLE. THE TIMES DAILY REPORTS, TED TID TIDWELL JR., 27, OF MUSCLE SHOALS, SAMANTHA DARNAE ROGERS, 30, AND SUSAN MICHELLE CHANEY, 47, BOTH OF FLORENCE, WERE ARRESTED AFTER A CHASE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ENDED ACROSS THE STATE LINE IN TENNESSEE NEAR LUTTS. ALL THREE WERE WANTED FOR THE THEFT OF A NISSAN SENTRA AS WELL AS EACH HAD OUTSTANDING WARRANTS FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES IN ALABAMA. THE CHASE BEGAN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WHEN FLORENCE POLICE AND LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE PURSUIT ENDED WHEN THE DRIVER OF THE STOLEN VEHICLE WRECKED IN A FIELD AND TIDWELL AND ROGERS RAN INTO THE WOODS. THEY WERE FOUND LATER THAT EVENING.