Man arrested after Monday afternoon chase charged with six felonies Tuesday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man who was arrested after he led law enforcement on a chase throughout Columbia on Monday afternoon was charged with an additional six felonies on Tuesday.
Rickey Ross Deford, 46, of Huntsville, Missouri, was charged on Tuesday with aggravated fleeing from a traffic stop causing injury, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree property damage, leaving the scene of an accident and misdemeanor reckless driving.
In a second case filed on Tuesday, Deford was charged with stealing more than $750 and forgery. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond and no court date has been set. He had multiple warrants for his arrest in several Missouri counties for probation violations and failing to appear in court.
Deford also has active charges in Randolph County that include two counts of failing to register as a sex offender and one count of drug possession. A warrant for his arrest was issued on July 24, and a $15,000 cash-only bond was set.
The chase began in west Columbia, went on throughout the city and Interstate 70 and ended near University Hospital.
Deford hit an uninvolved motorist near the intersection of College Avenue and Stadium Boulevard and later was in a crash that involved a deputy, according to a Monday social media post from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.
No injuries were reported in either crash.
Deford had a passenger with him, who he did not allow to leave, according to the sheriff’s office. The probable cause statement says that Deford drove more than 100 miles per hour during the chase.
The statement also says a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper tried to deploy spikes on Interstate 70 to stop Deford. Deford’s vehicle caught the deflation device, but it didn’t puncture his tires, the statement says. The vehicle pulled the cord attached to it and caused a cut that required stitches to the trooper’s pinky.
In the second case, Deford is accused of selling a mobile home that he did not own. According to court documents, Deford sold a mobile home to a woman on Aug. 28 for $2,700 while posing as the owner.
When the woman went to the mobile home, a man – who was the owner – was inside the trailer and stated he never sold the home, the probable cause statement says. The name on the agreement was spelled incorrectly and did not match the signature on the man’s driver’s license, the statement says.
Deford claimed he contracted to pretend to sell the mobile home and was paid $700, the statement says.
