From Trussville Tribune staff reports
JEFFERSON COUNTY — Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies were led on a low-speed chase early Wednesday morning down Center Point Parkway to Interstate 59, authorities say.
Just after 4:30 Wednesday morning, deputies were dispatched to the 1200 block of Birchwood Street to investigate a report of a suspicious vehicle sitting in the road with lights on and no one around.
Upon arriving, they determined the vehicle was unoccupied and not stolen. A witness then informed deputies of a man who had allegedly stolen a flatbed truck.
The Kenworth T-300 flatbed delivery truck was spotted as the truck turned onto Huffman Road. When deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, the suspect refused.
The suspect continued driving south on Center Point Parkway. The driver was apparently unfamiliar with the complexities of a modern manual transmission and was unable to get the truck out of first gear. The truck traveled at speeds of 25-30 mph onto I-59 south. Deputies followed the truck along I-59 south to Bush Boulevard where the transmission seized and the truck stopped.
Randy Dewayne Vert, 29, of Pinson, was removed from the truck and arrested. He was charged with first degree theft of property, reckless endangerment, attempting to elude, and resisting arrest.
He remains in the Jefferson County Jail with bonds totaling $5900.
33 Comments
John Hollock
Doofus.
Ronald Hagood Jr.
Come on man! Grind’em till you find’em
Trini Nichols Thompson
You know him,he’s 29.Josh Thompson
Michell-Shane Cole
Here it is Chris Cole this beauty had them in high speed pursuit lol………
Matt Coleman
Beauty lol that cracked me up
Chris Clark
Drugs are bad.
Shane Smith
Dumbass
Dianne Vick
WHATS THE NAME ON THE TRUCK????
Wendy Nichols Graham
On my street! I slept through it lol 😂
Janet Chandler Justice
Dumb criminals!!
Rachel Kontzen Weiss
Richard Kontzen
Richard Kontzen
1st gear? Wow
Richard Kontzen
Jason Tucker
Rachel Kontzen Weiss
Richard Kontzen he was unfamiliar with the complexities of a modern manual transmission
Richard Kontzen
Modern? Manual transmissions haven’t changed in 50 years!
Richard Kontzen
Whole different game in a big rig though
Delane HoneyCutt Parker
Must have just escaped from brain surgery school
Keith Brady
April Wilson Ray
What an idiot! Omg made my day for the laugh!
Anne Snider Steward
!!!!!!
Greg Widick
Ain’t gonna be a free ride moron.
Robert Harper
Really Man
Christine Orvik Nicholas
Claudia!!
Stephanie Baker
Joshua Gunnin haha same route i take to work!
Charles Lopez
Gearshift- a millennial anti that device. He a little old to be a millennial but his skills seem to match.
Carol Winters
Funny
Cathy Goodwin
Topical of randy very!
Cathy Goodwin
Randy Vert
Brenda Nolin
on the street already SMH
Jill Bennett Bearden
His home address is in Center Point not Pinson.
The Trussville Tribune
Jill Bennett Bearden, from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office website.
Jill Bennett Bearden
When I googled his address it is in Center Point.
Jill Bennett Bearden
Might be considered Birmingham.