Two Arrested After High-Speed Chase, Glock Handguns Recovered

NEWBERRY ‒ Two 18-year-old men were arrested on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, after allegedly leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase from Gilchrist County into Alachua County. The pursuit began when the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office received an alert at about 6:27 a.m. about a dark-colored sedan traveling eastbound on State Road 26. Deputies soon spotted the vehicle near the 17500 block of West Newberry Road.

Despite the deputies’ attempts to pull over the car, the driver continued to evade officers, reportedly reaching speeds over 100 mph. The chase continued until deputies deployed stop sticks, deflating the car's tires and forcing it to a stop along Northwest 143^rd Street/County Road 241. The sedan ultimately crashed in the 5600 block of CR 241.

After the crash, the driver, later identified as Donell Kensha Moultrie, allegedly attempted to flee on foot with the front-seat passenger, Caleb James Martin. Deputies quickly apprehended Moultrie, who reportedly returned to the vehicle soon after and admitted to being the driver.

Moultrie was charged with fleeing an officer with active lights and sirens, resisting arrest without violence, and driving with a suspended license due to unpaid traffic fines.

Martin allegedly fled eastbound through a nearby field, and deputies engaged in a foot pursuit. At about 3:05 p.m., deputies located Martin, and he allegedly fled on foot again with deputies eventually taking him into custody.

The arresting deputy reported that dash camera footage from a patrol vehicle showed that Martin had a gun in his right hand when he got out of the car and then threw it to the rear of the vehicle in an effort to conceal it from law enforcement. The gun, a Glock 19 with an extended magazine, was reportedly found by deputies.

Martin is an adjudicated delinquent, meaning he was previously found guilty of an offense that would be a felony for an adult, and he is prohibited from possessing a firearm until he is 24. Deputies also reportedly found a Glock 43 on CR 241. Martin is also facing charges of fleeing, resisting arrest, and illegal possession of a firearm, with bail set at $7,500 by Judge DeThomasis.

Post Miranda, Martin reportedly admitted that he had fled and said he fled because he was “in fear due to a large amount of white people around him.”

Moultrie has no adult convictions but at least one juvenile conviction. He is facing two sworn complaints filed on Oct. 17, but has not yet been booked on those charges. One sworn complaint charged him with possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent and possession of drug paraphernalia, and the other one charged him with possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent.

Bail was set for Moultrie at $8,000 by Judge DeThomasis.

A third passenger, Phillipe Chisolm, was arrested at the scene due to an active warrant.

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