FORSYTH, Ga. — A man is in custody and a Monroe County deputy is injured after a chase ended in a crash Wednesday.
According the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the deputy was trying to stop a driver on I-75S when a chase began that ended in a wreck.
The man, later identified as 33-year-old Juan Boone from Americus, got out and ran into the woods near Rumble Road. Boone was then arrested.
Sheriff Brad Freeman told 13WMAZ that social media posts suggesting gunfire was exchanged or a deputy was shot are NOT true.
He also said one deputy was injured in the crash, as well as K-9 Gustav, who was taken to a veterinarian in Atlanta.
Boone is now charged with felony fleeing and eluding an officer.
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