Hit and Run Leads to Police Chase
By: Jayne Ann Bugda
Updated: January 21, 2013
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County- A Virginia man faces multiple felony charges after a hit and run crash in Wilkes-Barre leads to a police pursuit.
Police say 24-year-old James Rogers of Virginia sideswiped a car in traffic Saturday night in the 400 block of North Penn Avenue.
An officer quickly pursued Rogers when the accused lost control at South Penn and Dana, jumped a curb and struck a fence.
Rogers was thrown from the car then tried to run before police tazed him to subdue him.
Police recovered cocaine, cash and a loaded gun at the scene.
Rogers was arraigned in the hospital where he remains.
Police say 24-year-old James Rogers of Virginia sideswiped a car in traffic Saturday night in the 400 block of North Penn Avenue.
An officer quickly pursued Rogers when the accused lost control at South Penn and Dana, jumped a curb and struck a fence.
Rogers was thrown from the car then tried to run before police tazed him to subdue him.
Police recovered cocaine, cash and a loaded gun at the scene.
Rogers was arraigned in the hospital where he remains.
