May 24, 2012
The Highway Patrol confirms a suspect busted for manufacturing methamphetamine at a Kill Devil Hills motel is back in jail after a high-speed chase along U.S. 64.
Troopers say the chase started Friday night when a pickup truck driven by Joseph Forbes Jr. turned around as it approached a checkpoint in Tyrrell County. Forbes had just gotten out of jail on the meth charge. Troopers say another suspect in the meth case, Beverly Howell, was a suspect in the case.
Deputies chased the truck into Washington County at speeds up to 95 miles an hour. Troopers say Forbes swerved at 2 deputies before running into a ditch. Neither of the troopers was injured.
Howell was injured and taken to Vidant Medical Center.
Forbes now faces multiple counts in connection with the chase.
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Three people were arrested last week for manufacturing methamphetamine inside a coastal motel room, according to The Virginian-Pilot newspaper.
The paper reports, 50-year-old Sammy Bowles Jr., 41-year-old Joseph Forbes and 43-year-old Beverly Howell were arrested for making meth in a motel room in Kill Devil Hills.
Officials did not release the name of the hotel where this was taking place, but that the crime scene did not require a hazardous-materials response.
The newspaper said the group was using a small scale method to make the meth.
