A call of a suspicious male by some observant citizens led Loudon County deputies on a high speed pursuit ending with the capture of a Georgia fugitive in a stolen car and was wanted for terroristic threats.

At approximately 8:45 am this morning, Deputy Cody Bengel, Deputy B.J. Lewis, and Corporal Brian Smith were dispatched to the 500 block of Hotchkiss Valley Road East, to a report of a male who was walking on the property of an abandoned house after arriving in a vehicle with out of state registration plates.

Shortly after making contact with the male, who was found hiding behind his vehicle, the male failed to comply with officers and jumped in his car fleeing the scene. Deputies pursued the fleeing male onto Interstate 75 where a PIT maneuver (pursuit intervention technique) was performed, ending the vehicle pursuit. The male then exited his vehicle and fled on foot a short distance which ended when Deputy Bengel deployed his taser. The male was taken into custody without further incident.

The male, identified as Dionta Tyrell Arnold of Conley, Georgia, was found to be in possession of a stolen vehicle from Clayton County, Georgia. Deputies also learned that Arnold was wanted on multiple felony warrants including charges of terroristic threats by authorities in Georgia. A loaded stolen handgun was also allegedly recovered by deputies. Arnold has a criminal history that spans over 21 pages including evading arrest, aggravated assault and batteries, domestic assaults, drug possessions and resale and delivery of narcotics.

Arnold faces multiple charges in Loudon County including felony evading and felony reckless endangerment.