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PIT maneuver stops high-speed chase
Stolen BMW hits 150 mph; Augusta man arrested
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Lydell Juarqez Nero
Georgia State Patrol troopers arrested an Augusta man Saturday in Evans County after a high-speed chase that started in Bulloch County and reached 150 mph. Lydell Juarqez Nero, of McNutt Road in Augusta, is being held in the Evans County Jail on several traffic charges and has a $45,560 property bond, according to the Evans County Sheriff's Office. The chase began near Statesboro when Bulloch County sheriff's Cpl. Greg Collins spotted a 2002 BMW 745L traveling southbound at 80 mph in a 55 mph speed zone around 10:40 p.m. Saturday night on Highway 301 South.
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