Monday, April 10, 2017

TAPPAHANNOCK POLICE AND ESSEX SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO HOLD DRUG TAKE BACK

On Saturday April 29, 2017 the Tappahannock Police Department and Essex County Sheriff’s Office will once again participate in the National Drug Take Back Initiative from 10am-2pm at Wal-Mart on Tappahannock Blvd.    Officers will be on hand to collect unneeded or expired medication for disposal.  No syringes or illicit drugs will be accepted.  Also on hand for this event will be representatives from The Three Rivers Medical Reserve Corps with information on safe medication disposal in response to the Opioid epidemic.  The Medical Reserve Corps is comprised of local health professionals and interested citizens who want to make the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula a safer and healthier place to live.

 

The National Drug Take Back Initiative is a program sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration aimed at removing dangerous medication from home that is no longer needed for proper disposal.  The Tappahannock Police and Essex Sheriff’s Office has removed nearly 350 pounds of drugs in the previous collection events.

 

Questions concerning the program may be directed to Captain J.H. Siddons of the Tappahannock Police Department at 804-443-3992.

 

TAPPAHANNOCK POLICE ARREST ONE FOLLOWING PURSUIT

The Tappahannock Police Department have charged an Essex County man following a pursuit through Tappahannock.  Jacob Kline, 18, of Tappahannock led police on a pursuit after multiple calls regarding reckless driving.  At approximately 3:30 Saturday April 9, police department Captain C.F. Davis attempted to stop Kline after he failed to stop at a traffic signal at Rt. 17 and Airport Rd.  Kline proceeded north onto Rt. 17 at a high rate of speed towards Mt. Landing Creek.  Davis lost sight of the vehicle and returned to town when Kline returned south into Tappahannock where Davis resumed the pursuit.  Kline turned west onto Marsh St. and proceeded to drive through the barrier gate between Marsh St. and the old airport runway.  Kline continued to elude police on Airport Rd. where he then turned north onto Mt. Landing Road into Essex County. The Essex County Sheriff’s Office continued pursuit approximately six or seven miles where Kline crashed the vehicle in woods adjacent to a field.  Kline was arrested and charged with felony eluding police, felony damage to property, misdemeanor reckless driving, disobey a traffic signal, and failure to register a motor vehicle. 

 

Kline is being held at the Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center under no bond.