On Thursday, March 16th, 2023 around 11:40 pm Greene County Deputies attempted to stop a vehicle for a stop sign violation at Hwy 903 S and Hull Rd, which lead to a vehicle chase in the Arba area. After chasing the vehicle into Lenoir County, then back into Greene County, the driver, who was later identified as 41 year old Kevin Johnson from the Arba area, abandoned the vehicle near his home and fled into the woods.

Deputies gave chase along with Lenoir County Sheriff's Office assistance, but were unable to locate him at the time. Deputies learned that Johnson fled due to outstanding orders for arrest for a failures to appear on another vehicle chase out of Wayne County and assault on a female in Greene. Deputies later secured warrants for Felony Flee to Elude Arrest for the incident and around 11:00 pm on March 23rd, 2023 they located Johnson at his home where he was arrested without incident. Johnson was served with the outstanding Orders for Arrest, along with the new charge and received a $50,000 secured bond.

Sheriff Sasser would like to thank the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office for their assistance with the vehicle chase and to the Greene County Deputies that safely apprehended the suspect at a later time.