Pursuit suspect named

Published 10:01 pm Thursday, September 25, 2014

Chesapeake police have released the name of a man they arrested following a vehicle and foot pursuit that crossed into Suffolk on Wednesday.

Goodman

Goodman

Dwayne Goodman Jr., 28, of the 1800 block of Hosier Road in Suffolk, is charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, felony eluding, hit and run and driving on a suspended license.

Police say he failed to stop at a routine traffic stop in Chesapeake. They pursued him into Suffolk, where he crashed at the Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

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He allegedly fled into a nearby wooded area, where a police dog found him. Two nearby schools were locked down briefly before dismissal.