A North Carolina State Highway Patrol chase ended on Harbor Island Friday night, Nov. 14, when patrol officers apprehended 19-year-old Fisher James Hardee on North Channel Drive. Hardee is a resident of 25 Island Dr. in Wrightsville Beach.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing a dozen marked and unmarked highway patrol vehicles on North Channel Drive around 11:30 p.m. Although no Wrightsville Beach Police Department officers were involved in the chase, WBPD Sgt. Steve Evanko said WBPD did set up a perimeter to prevent Hardee escaping on foot.
“C Squad was notified by dispatch that North Carolina Highway Patrol was in a vehicle chase heading towards the beach,” WBPD Sgt. J Newberry stated via email. “The chase went down Causeway Drive into the Harbor Island area. The suspect vehicle struck Trooper Ballard’s vehicle on Live Oak Drive then went across to North Channel Ave…The Highway Patrol arrested the subject on North Channel and Second Ave without incident…The only damage that is known to us at the moment is the Highway Patrol vehicle and the suspect vehicle.”
The email also stated the subject was possibly intoxicated at the time of the chase.
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