Kemp police arrest DFW high school football star after chase




Kemp Police arrested Plano West High School senior football player Soso Jamabo April 18 after a seven-minute high-speed chase.

Police booked Jamabo, 18, into Kaufman County Jail on a charge of evading arrest with a vehicle, which is a felony. Kemp police said they began tailing a Ford truck after it exited Highway 175 at excessive speed and ran a stop sign.

Police Chief Robert Walker said the Kaufman County District Attorney advised him not to release the dashcam video of the arrest because of an "ongoing investigation."

Police said Jamabo, who has signed to play for UCLA, screamed that his "life was over" after the chase ended. He was clocked going 79 mph in a 70-mph zone about about 7:30 p.m.

The football player also was given written warnings for minor consumption and possession of alcohol, speeding, disregarding a stop sign and not having his license with him.

Police said that during the chase someone threw brown paper bags with aluminum cans out of the truck's window. The truck smelled of alcohol, and bottle of liquor was seized.

The unidentified passengers — a 19-year-old man, an 18-year-old woman and a juvenile — were released after being cited for minor in possession and consumption of alcohol.

Jamabo, a running back whose legal name is Sotonye Josiah Jamabo, has not commented on his arrest.

UCLA officials declined to comment on how Jamabo's arrest might affect his future with the school.

 

 




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