Police Chase ends in a crash in Carthage
On 11/14/19 at approximately 2244hrs an Officer with the Carthage Police Department attempted to stop a vehicle for suspicion of driving while intoxicated at 11th and Main street. The vehicle fled northbound through a residential area then westbound onto Central Ave where the suspect lost control of his vehicle which overturned and crashed into a building at 1123 W. Central causing substantial damage. The suspect,Kem Brown, a 20 yr old white male from Carthage was arrested on scene. A passenger in the vehicle was transported by EMS and remains in a Joplin Hospital with severe injuries. Brown was arrested for Resisting by fleeing, DWI, C&I Driving, MIP, Assault 2nd and Property Damage 1st. Charges have been submitted to the Jasper County Prosecutors Office.