The arrest citation for Johnny Gene Haynes shows he was driving a Chevrolet Camaro Z28 as he and accused murderer Robert Carter fled from police in a 15 mile high-speed chase through Elizabethtown and onto the Western Kentucky Parkway.
As a result, the 21-year-old Haynes has been charged with 58 counts of felony wanton endangerment, with eight of those charges being wanton endangerment of a police officer.
The citation said during the pursuit, which began at Ponderosa Trailer Park in Elizabethtown on the afternoon of Thursday, October 26, Haynes forced several vehicles off the roadway as he and Carter fled police at speeds reaching 130 miles per hour.
The pursuit began after Carter and Haynes spotted police surveillance as the two sat in the Camaro outside a mobile home. The duo had been on the run for over eight-hours after Carter shot and killed Caneyville resident, 29-year-old James Parks at Parks’ residence on Southland Drive in the early morning hours of October 26.
The chase, which included units from Kentucky State Police (including former Grayson County Sheriff’s Deputy Joey Beasley) and the Elizabethtown Police Department, wound through Elizabethtown and onto westbound WK Parkway.
After the chase entered the parkway, state police utilized spike strips in an attempt to bring the pursuit to an end, but Haynes avoided the strips by traveling through the median and into the eastbound lanes (while continuing to travel westward), where Haynes forced oncoming vehicles off the road.
Haynes then left the parkway and entered a cornfield, driving through a fence in the process.
The pursuit came to an end as Kentucky State Police Captain Matt Johnson executed a PIT maneuver on Haynes on Bacon Creek Road, resulting in the Camaro driving into a ditch, the citation said. The citation further states that both suspects resisted arrest and “refused verbal commands,” but police quickly gained control of the desperate duo by forcibly placing the pair in handcuffs.
Carter, 35, who faces first degree murder and bank robbery charges, is being held in the Grayson County Detention Center, while Haynes is being held in the Hardin County Detention Center. In addition to the 58 felony wanton endangerment counts, Haynes has also been charged with fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest and criminal mischief.
While police originally listed Haynes’ address as Caneyville, his arrest citation notes that his residence is on South Church Street in Millwood.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com or 270-259-6000
