Pair in Dayton police pursuit with AK-47 tossed from car indicted

DAYTON — A man and woman jailed following a police pursuit during which an AK-47 rifle was tossed from a stolen car now face multiple felony charges.

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Jared Wayne Richmond, 20, of Kettering and Sara Elizabeth Smith, 25, of Dayton, were indicted Thursday by a Montgomery County grand jury.

According to Dayton police, Richmond was driving a stolen green 2001 Mazda Tribute that was involved in police pursuits in Dayton and Riverside when Dayton police spotted it again the evening of Jan. 28 and tried to pull it over. During the pursuit, police said Richmond’s passenger, identified as Smith, threw out an AK-47 rifle before police were able to stop the car and apprehend the pair in the 100 block of East Helena Street in Dayton.

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Richmond is charged with failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer; having weapons under disability for a prior drug conviction; improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle; grand theft of a motor vehicle; and misdemeanor resisting arrest.

Smith is charged with aggravated possession of drugs (methamphetamine); tampering with evidence and a misdemeanor drug paraphernalia offense.

They remain in the Montgomery County Jail and are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.

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