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Frequent fugitives apprehended again
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Johnathan Kent Curtis is charged with evading arrest.
A couple with a history of running from the law led deputies on a chase on Harrison Ferry Mountain, but a quick U-turn was not enough to give officers the shake.The driver, Melody Dawn Lovell, 42, and passenger, Johnathan Kent Curtis, 36, are both charged with evading arrest. Lovell is additionally charged with reckless endangerment, vandalism and being an accessory after the fact. Curtis is additionally charged with possession of meth and drug paraphernalia and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.According to Sheriff’s Sgt. Kelly Carter, he spotted the couple on Harrison Ferry Road and tried to make a traffic stop.“I knew that Curtis had multiple felony warrants out of Warren County,” Carter said, noting he tried to pull them over near the old golf course at the base of Harrison Ferry Mountain.Lovell apparently didn’t want to stop as she kept going, prompting deputies to try a rolling roadblock.“I was in front of them with lights flashing while Chief Deputy Tommy Myers followed them with his lights flashing,” Carter recalled, noting she still tried to get out of the predicament.