Outstanding, coordinated police work between South Precinct Flex officers and Gang Unit detectives led to last night’s quick arrest of a convicted cocaine dealer suspected of committing an armed carjacking at Dover Glen Apartments off Murfreesboro Pike at 7:25 p.m.
James Gregg, who lives in the apartment complex, was getting out of his 1997 Nissan Maxima when a man walked up to him in the parking lot, pulled a gun, and demanded the car. Gregg complied, but quickly notified the police department as the gunman drove off.
Officer Shaun Hardin heard the description of the car over his police radio and spotted it on Antioch Pike. The driver abruptly pulled into the dead end of Cherokee Court and fled on foot. Hardin gave chase while responding units established a perimeter. Gang Unit Detective Dwayne Greene spotted the suspect running behind a house on Lunn Drive. Green and Officer Neil Wolfe captured Isaac Imuetiyan Eguaebor, 20, of Liberty Drive in Murfreesboro, just after 8 p.m. Gregg immediately identified Eguaebor as the man who robbed him of the Maxima. Officers recovered a .38-caliber pistol on the floorboard of the car.
“The teamwork between South Flex officers and Gang Unit detectives working our Operation Safer Streets initiative was absolutely outstanding,” Chief Ronal Serpas said. “Mr. Gregg’s quick call to police also played a key role in the apprehension of yet another convicted felon.”
Gregg was elated at the recovery of his car and thanked the officers for their work.
Eguaebor is charged with carjacking, evading arrest, possession of a weapon in the commission of a felony, vandalism, and driving without a license. He is being held in lieu of $96,000 bond.
Isaac Imuetiyan Eguaebor
He was convicted of possession of cocaine for resale in September 2005. Eguaebor has also been arrested in the past for leaving the scene of an accident, driving without a license, and felony marijuana possession.
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