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Police identify wrong suspect in high speed chaseWednesday, September 2, 2009EDITOR'S NOTE: The Southeast Missourian had previously reported that Ausha R. Sharp was charged with the crime, based on information from authorities. After seeing reports that she had been charged with aiding a fugitive in his escape from law enforcement over the weekend, Ausha R. Sharp went to police to explain their mistake: They had named the wrong person. On Monday, as was reported in the Southeast Missourian, felony charges of hindering prosecution and resisting a lawful stop were filed against Sharp. Sharp is apparently friends with a woman believed to have helped Zatrun R. Twiggs during a high-speed chase Friday with Cape Girardeau police, Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle said. The two women are similar in appearance and an officer mistakenly identified the woman who drove the car during the chase as Sharp instead of her friend, Swingle said. The charges against Sharp were dropped Tuesday morning, Swingle said. Police believe they know the identity of the real suspect, but no charges have been filed yet, Swingle said. "This almost never happens, and I'm embarrassed when it does," he said. Twiggs was wanted on felony warrants for drug distribution and a parole violation, and the unidentified suspect stowed him away in the back of her car Friday night while she drove at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, veering onto the shoulder of the highway as she passed other drivers. The couple managed to escape to Scott City, where Twiggs ran into the residence of an elderly couple and made the man drive him to Chaffee, Mo., according to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter. The car was found abandoned in Rockview, near Chaffee. Twiggs is wanted on charges of home invasion, kidnapping and armed criminal action. 388-3635 388-3635 Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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Has twiggs been caught yet?
You know I saw this happen, and I have to admit I'm so supprised the police or police officer who was in pursuit of the vehicle allowed it to get away. The police officer in pursuit was only about 2 maybe three cars behind on N. Sprigg. N. Sprigg is not that curvy nor is it that busy at this time.
dfrt2,
I really don't think the pursuit occurred on N. Sprigg Street. It happened on the west side of town and then down I-55 to Scott City.
The boys in blue also have certain responsibilities in these cases, they can't just force the car off the road and endanger other folks.
Yep the boys in blue did the right thing! No need for a high speed chase for drug violation and or probation violation. We all know what can happen when police pursue perps at high rates of speed.
Someone very innocent can get hurt or killed.
So who drove the damned car?
GREYWOLF,
NICE BOY!
Mr.Swingle:
"Almost never happens?"
Never say never
and never say always
How about doing the right thing????
Apologize
Probably happens more than we are aware of,Josh Kezer for one.....
I thought that it was reported that the suspected woman accomplice called her mother in Bertrand and wanted a ride from where she left the car. The mother told her "no" and reported the call to police. If the police knew who the suspect's mother was, then why did they not know the identity of the suspect?