Chipley resident sought after fleeing traffic stop

Police Chief Scott Thompson reports that an investigator with the Chipley Police Department conducted the traffic stop, and recognized the driver as 40-year-old Nyriah Allen-Hope of Chipley, who was knowingly driving on a suspended license.

Allen-Hope subsequently requested a uniformed officer. The investigator requested a uniform patrol officer at the traffic stop. The uniformed patrol officer made contact with Allen-Hope who after a request to exit the vehicle, locked the doors, rolled the window up, placed the vehicle in drive and began to drive off.

Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, when officers reported that Allen-Hope then swerved towards officerÂ’s vehicle in an attempt to collide with their vehicle. Allen-Hope reportedly then began driving in a reckless manner, at high rates of speed through residential yards.

Allen-Hope disabled the vehicle by running into a ditch before exiting the vehicle and fleeing on foot. Officers were unable to apprehend Allen-Hope at the time of the incident. Nyriah Allen-Hope is currently being sought for charges resulting from this incident consisting of:

Driving while license suspended or revoked

Obstruction of Justice without violence

Fleeing and Eluding LEO with disregard to persons or property