DAVIE COUNTY, N.C. — A Winston-Salem man was arrested early Tuesday after deputies say he led them on a high-speed chase that reached more than 100 mph and crossed into Forsyth County.
Around 1:21 a.m. on Nov. 18, a Davie County Sheriff’s Office deputy reported seeing a black sedan run a red light on US 158 at NC 801 and nearly collide with a patrol vehicle. When the deputy attempted a traffic stop, the driver — identified as 24-year-old Nathaniel William Mabe — accelerated and fled.
Deputies pursued the vehicle as it entered Forsyth County, with assistance from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said Mabe continued at excessive speeds before pulling into a retail shopping center on Lewisville-Clemmons Road, where he ran from the vehicle on foot. He was quickly taken into custody.
Deputies reported finding marijuana and drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle. The car was seized under North Carolina’s “Run n’ Done” statute, which allows law enforcement to confiscate vehicles used in felony flee-to-elude incidents.
Mabe faces multiple charges, including felony flee to elude arrest, misdemeanor reckless driving, speeding, resisting a public officer, failure to heed lights and siren, fictitious tag, no liability insurance, left of center, multiple stop-light violations, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of up to one-half ounce of marijuana.
He was taken to the Davie County Detention Center, where he was held without bond.