Updated: August 8, 2017

A WEST TENNESSEE COUPLE IS BEHIND BARS AFTER LEADING LAWRENCEBURG POLICE ON A PURSUIT LAST WEEK. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, AN OFFICER WAS PATROLLING THE WALMART PARKING LOT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN HE WAS NOTIFIED BY STORE EMPLOYEES THAT TWO PEOPLE, TRAVELING IN A IN A GREEN HYUNDAI, HAD TAKEN ITEMS FROM THE STORE AND HAD DRIVEN AROUND TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.  THE OFFICER PROCEEDED TO AROUND BACK OF THE STORE TO MEET THE PAIR WHO THEN FLED EAST ON MATTOXTOWN ROAD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  THE VEHICLE THEN TURNED SOUTH ON NIX ROAD TO A DEAD END.  THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE TRAVELED THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL YARD BEFORE RETURNING TO MATTOXTOWN ROAD.  THE PURSUING OFFICER NOTED SEVERAL ITEMS BEING THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE INCLUDING DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.  THE PURSUIT WAS EVENTUALLY CALLED OFF DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.  OFFICERS RETURNED TO WALMART THE NEXT DAY ON A REPORT FROM STORE STAFF THAT THE PAIR, IDENTIFIED AS 29 YEAR OLD JACKIE LYNN PINSON FROM SAVANNAH AND 23 YEAR OLD APRIL K. PARROT OF ADAMSVILLE, HAD RETURNED TO THE FACILITY.  AFTER PLACING THE PAIR INTO CUSTODY, OFFICERS FOUND THAT PARROT HAD SEVERAL VISA CARDS IN HER POSSESSION THAT DID NOT BELONG TO HER.  THE PAIR WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE LAWRENCE COUNTY JAIL.  PINSON FACES A CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA  AND LITTERING WHILE PARROTT IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASSING, TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, TWO COUNTS OF FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT CARD, FELONY EVADING ARREST AND RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT.  PARROTT AND PINSON WILL APPEAR IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.