Overview
- Deputies rescued a two-month-old unhurt after a chase that ended Tuesday with a crash into Walton United Methodist Church, and the baby was reunited with the mother.
- Boone County deputies first found the suspect at a Mt. Zion Road gas station, broke off an initial high-speed pursuit into Kenton County, then officers spotted the car in Walton around 7:45 p.m. and the second chase ended in the crash.
- Sergeant Jeff Nagy was injured when the suspect sideswiped his cruiser, which then hit a Jeep, and the Jeep’s occupants declined medical transport.
- Investigators identified the driver as 20-year-old Brenton L. Howland of Xenia, Ohio, who is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and now faces Boone County charges that include first-degree wanton endangerment and fleeing, with more charges pending in Kenton County and Greene County, Ohio.
- Police in Xenia had been preparing an Amber Alert after Howland allegedly forced the baby’s mother out of a car, and released dash-cam footage shows deputies approaching with guns drawn before one carried the infant to safety as Boone County’s Accident Reconstruction Unit investigates the crash.