A resisting arrest charge against a man arrested with his brother, who later died, was bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing Friday in General Sessions Court.
Suspect Artavius R. Reed of Memphis was charged with resisting arrest after a traffic stop Aug. 14 on Interstate 24 by Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers Michael Cummins and Michael Morgan.
Grand jurors will hear the case during its December term.
His brother, Andron, struggled with the officers during the traffic stop. He died at the hospital the next day. His autopsy showed he died of natural causes.
At the time, state safety spokesman Mike Browning said Andron Reed was driving when Cummins found him traveling 86 mph in a 70 mph zone of I-24 near the Almaville Road exit. Cummins and Morgan got in pursuit of Reed.
Cummins’ arrest warrant stated Reed refused to stop and ran several vehicles off the road.
“When the driver came back onto the roadway, he struck the right side of a (commercial motor vehicle) trailer occupied by John Martino, the driver, and Vicenta Cruz, the passenger,” Cummins reported. “The driver traveled back off of the roadway to the right and came to a final rest.”
Reed and his brother, Artavius R. Reed, a passenger, fled on foot. After a brief pursuit, they were both apprehended.
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