MARYVILLE, TENNESSEE – Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong announced that deputies arrested a Maryville man Wednesday evening following a pursuit that ended in a search on foot after the man crashed his vehicle.

Michael James Rowe, Jr., 34, of Boulder Street, Maryville, was arrested and charged with the following:

• Felony evading arrest

• Resisting arrest

• Felony reckless endangerment

• License required

• Two felony warrants issued by Loudon County for aggravated burglary and theft of property.

Additional charges could be forthcoming stemming from Wednesday’s incident.

Rowe is being held in the Blount County Correctional Facility on bonds totaling $15,000 pending a hearing in Blount County General Sessions Court at 9 a.m. March 6, 2023.

The incident began when Blount County deputies were patrolling the area of Foch Street at the 129 Bypass shortly before 9 p.m. and observed a black Ford Crown Victoria with a registration that belonged to a man who was wanted out of Loudon County on felony warrants for aggravated burglary and theft of several firearms. When the deputies got behind the vehicle, the driver quickly accelerated and continued to speed up after the deputies activated their emergency equipment. The driver, identified as Michael James Rowe, Jr., continued to evade deputies and traveled multiple side streets in an effort to evade arrest. Deputies followed the vehicle to the area of Montgomery Lane in Maryville and located the crashed and abandoned vehicle on Sunrise Drive. Deputies set up a perimeter and began searching for Rowe on foot. As they searched, a homeowner on Sunrise Drive alerted deputies that a man entered his home and was in his basement. Deputies located Rowe in the basement and took him into custody after he again tried to flee on foot.

There were no injuries stemming from the incident. Rowe remains in custody and is also on a hold for Loudon County Sheriff’s Office.