Fleeing suspect captured

Chase stretched from Copperhill to McCaysville

  • Polk County Deputy Manuel Patterson, left, and Detective Jake Wallace search the vehicle driven by Matthew Alexander Rich.
    Polk County Deputy Manuel Patterson, left, and Detective Jake Wallace search the vehicle driven by Matthew Alexander Rich.
  • Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies, from left, Detective Josh Stroud, Deputy Manuel Patterson and Deputy Kelby Liner search the car driven by Matthew Alexander Rich.
    Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies, from left, Detective Josh Stroud, Deputy Manuel Patterson and Deputy Kelby Liner search the car driven by Matthew Alexander Rich.
  • The Lexus Matthew Alexander Rich was driving came to rest wedged between the railroad tracks and an embankment between Hometown IGA and St. Catherin Laboure Catholic Church. Searching the car are Polk County Deputy Sheriff Manuel Patterson, Detectives Josh Stroud (partially hidden) and Jake Wallace. After the crash, Rich fled on foot along the railroad tracks before finally being caught across from the McCaysville First Baptist Church by Wallace, Stroud and Patterson.
    The Lexus Matthew Alexander Rich was driving came to rest wedged between the railroad tracks and an embankment between Hometown IGA and St. Catherin Laboure Catholic Church. Searching the car are Polk County Deputy Sheriff Manuel Patterson, Detectives Josh Stroud (partially hidden) and Jake Wallace. After the crash, Rich fled on foot along the railroad tracks before finally being caught across from the McCaysville First Baptist Church by Wallace, Stroud and Patterson.
Matthew Alexander Rich is facing several felony charges in Polk County when Fannin County authorities finish dealing with him on a probation violation warrant. Rich, 36, led Polk County deputies on…

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