KATHLEEN, Ga. — A person is in custody after a police chase ended near Veterans High School in Houston County Thursday morning.
According to Lt. Brian Blanton with the Houston County Sheriff’s Office, it started around 10:45 a.m. at the 247 and Old Highway 96.
He says an officer was investigating a stolen-car report when he saw the stolen car drive by. A chase began, and it later ended outside of Veterans High School when the car jumped a curb and hit another curb.
Blanton says the driver, whose name he did not have at the time, was taken into custody on charges from the car theft and chase.
No one was injured.
The high school was, however, briefly placed on a Code Yellow lockdown. Houston County Schools’ Director of Community & School Affairs, Jennifer Jones, says there was no danger to students.
It just means a situation has arisen nearby requiring all students and staff to stay inside their classrooms.