FUGITIVE CAPTURED

In the August 8 issue of The Madill Record, it was reported that Chad Mangum, a 46-year-old man from Kingston was wanted after a standoff. Since that incident with Marshall County law enforcement personnel Mangum has been wanted on a felony warrant for Possession of a Firearm After a Former Felony Conviction.

The suspect was only at large for approximately two months. On September 25, Mangum’s temper would land him in more hot water, getting him arrested for the July charge as well.

On that date, Marshall County Deputy Kasey Cox received a complaint about Mangum threatening a victim.

Once Cox arrived on scene, the reporting party’s grandson notified the officer that Mangum was at a residence just a block over. According to the arrest report, the grandson also informed Cox that the suspect was “in a gray Nissan with Texas tags and he has been hanging in Enos and just drives around.”

Cox used that time to drive around and attempt to locate Mangum due to his Marshall County felony warrant. He was traveling east bound on Kaney Road and noticed a car matching the description of Mangum’s vehicle, the driver was later identified as Mangum.

The deputy then turned around and noticed the vehicle began to pick up speed. As if wanting to add even more charges on his name, the suspect continued to pick up speed even after Cox activated his emergency lights and began pursuing Mangum.

Cox kept dispatch up to speed on his and the suspect’s pursuit by calling out each turn made by the speeding duo.

“We traveled down West Kaney then back north on Enos Road then east on Lighthouse Road then to Backstreet,” Cox reported.

Once Mangum realized he wound up on a dead end road, he took off on foot, with Cox gaining on him. The suspect lost his footing and fell, and that wound up being his downfall. Cox placed him into custody and placed him in his police unit.

While patting down Mangum, Deputy Steven King found a “greenish container with a green leafy nugget substance, a gray container with pills with no prescription and a small baggie containing seeds.”

The green leafy substance tested positive for marijuana. Cox inquired if Mangum had a medical marijuana card, giving him permission to legally be in possession of the marijuana. Mangum gave a negative reply.

The pills were identified as Diazepam, a Schedule four substance. The schedule list is used to identify drugs on their uses and dependence possibility level. A schedule four is for drugs with a low potential for abuse and low risk of dependence.

Cox then arrested Mangum for his outstanding warrant for Possession of a Firearm After a Former Conviction of a Felony, and his new string of charges; Possession of Marijuana, Possession of CDS and Attempting to Elude.

Mangum has multiple felony priors in Marshall County. Possession of Marijuana, DUI, DUI Second and Subsequent, Placing Body Fluids on an Officer, Domestic Assault/Assault and Battery, Feloniously Pointing a Firearm, and Possession of a Firearm After a Former Conviction of a Felony.