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Police chase ends in crash, 31-year-old man arrested – Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana traffic
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Police chase ends in crash, 31-year-old man arrested – Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana traffic

CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) — A 31-year-old man is facing criminal charges after a police chase that ended in a crash that closed the Keystone Parkway late Saturday night into Sunday, police said.

Raheem David Murray remained in the Hamilton County Jail in Noblesville Sunday afternoon.

Carmel police said in a Sunday afternoon social media post that the officers had followed Murray until he drove into the southbound lanes of the northbound Keystone Parkway. A crash with another vehicle soon followed, and Murray fled on foot before officers caught him.

The driver of the other vehicle, who Carmel police have not publicly identified, was treated at a nearby hospital and later released.

A Carmel deputy police chief told News 8 via email that the crash started just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday on Keystone Parkway near 126th Street.

Photos taken around midnight Saturday by News 8’s Adele Reich showed a white SUV on its side north of 116th Street. Drivers were being directed off the road, she said.

Carmel police’s social media post showed small photos of what appeared to be a suitcase containing plastic bags of marijuana; a firearm; and a damaged black car. Early Sunday, Carmel police shared photos of the suitcase and car.

Carmel police have not disclosed what led them to start chasing Murray or what time the crash happened.

Jail records show The Indianapolis man was booked into the Hamilton County Jail at 3:30 a.m. Sunday. He faces preliminary charges of trafficking marijuana; possession of marijuana; illegal possession of a weapon after a felony conviction within the past 15 years; and resistance to law enforcement. He also faces preliminary charges of misdemeanor driving while suspended; resistance to law enforcement; reckless driving; and leaving the scene of an accident.

Online court records show an arrest warrant issued in April by Marion Superior Court 27 for Raheem David Murray. In that case, filed in February 2023, the man pleaded guilty to felony unlawful possession of a handgun after a prior felony conviction; and the marijuana trade. Magistrate Peggy Ryan Hart sent the man to a work release program for two years, minus 238 days he had been in jail before he was sentenced, records show.

A 31-year-old Indianapolis man faces criminal charges after a police pursuit that ended in a crash that closed Keystone Parkway beginning late night Nov. 2, 2024, in Carmel, Indiana, said the police. (WISH Photo/Adele Reich)
A 31-year-old Indianapolis man faces criminal charges after a police pursuit that ended in a crash that closed Keystone Parkway beginning late night Nov. 2, 2024, in Carmel, Indiana, said the police. (Provided photo/Carmel Police Department)
A 31-year-old Indianapolis man faces criminal charges after a police pursuit that ended in a crash that closed Keystone Parkway beginning late night Nov. 2, 2024, in Carmel, Indiana, said the police. (Provided photo/Carmel Police Department)