KANSAS CITY, Mo. —A Kansas man has been charged in connection with the car chase with law enforcement vehicles through the secured Chiefs Celebration Parade on Wednesday, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Addae J. Doyle, 42, Kansas City, Kan., faces charges of resisting arrest, possession of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, according to Baker.
Just after 8:13 a.m. Wednesday, law enforcement officers working the Chiefs parade celebration had secured the parade route from Riverfront Road to Pershing Road to Grand Boulevard near Union Station, according to court records.
A green Ford Taurus approached barricaded portions of the parade route near Front Street and Riverfront Road. Doyle failed to stop and knocked down multiple barricades.
A marked police car with lights and sirens began pursuing the defendant’s vehicle. Police said Doyle accelerated to approximately 60 mph, driving in the closed parade route. More emergency vehicles pursued the defendant. Officers along the route deployed stop sticks, deflating the tires on the defendant’s vehicle.
At Pershing and Grand Boulevard, officers deployed a TVI (tactical vehicle intervention) to disable the defendant’s vehicle. Officers removed Doyle from the driver’s seat. Officers found substances in the vehicle that tested positive for methamphetamine. Preliminary toxicology results showed the defendant tested positive for the presence of amphetamines and cocaine.
The case remains under investigation and other charges likely will be filed, according Baker. He is being held on a bond of $75,000.