Three additional suspects arrested in connection with Ohatchee breakins that led to police chase

Daniel Rich

Police in Ohatchee  have arrested three additional suspects believed to be connected to a Tuesday high-speed chase involving a burglary suspect. 

34 year old Sean Brantley,  of Anniston and 37 year old James Heard, of Oxford were arrested Wednesday.

27 year old Nicholas Hughes,  of Ohatchee was arrested Thursday morning. All three men are charged with first-degree burglary and breaking and entering a vehicle.

Police say 31 year old Daniel Rich,  of Anniston, led them on a high-speed pursuit Tuesday. Weaver police arrested Rich Wednesday morning after finding him hiding in an acquaintance's vehicle.

The chase began with a report of a burglary at a home on Greensport Road in Ohatchee. Two suspects, a man and a woman, were getting into a silver Toyota Tacoma pickup when an officer arrived at the home, the suspects fled in the truck.

Officers and deputies pursued the truck at speeds up to 80 mph the pickup they say was occupied by Rich and a companion. Officers and deputies then searched in Weaver for Rich after he allegedly abandoned the truck and his companion, 28-year-old Jenny Waldrop, of Anniston.

Officers arrested Waldrop at the scene Tuesday.

All five suspects were in the Calhoun County Jail Thursday on $250,000 bonds, Oden said.