Man who previously served time for manslaughter sentenced 40 years for police chase
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia man was sentenced on Friday to 40 years in prison after he was found guilty of two felonies related to a 2024 chase with law enforcement.
Javion Lawhorn, 36, was found guilty on Dec. 10 by a Boone County Jury for aggravated fleeing and armed criminal action. He has previously served prison time after he entered an Alford plea in 2021 for second-degree assault and first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Nadria Wright. He was sentenced to seven years in prison for that case, but served roughly three.
The probable cause statement in his recent case says police tried to initiate a traffic stop on Nov. 20, 2024 near the Clark Lane McDonald’s and Lawhorn drove off after the officer got out of the patrol vehicle.
The statement says speeds topped 137 miles per hour and the chase ended after deputies used spike strips on Lawhorn’s tires and he crashed his vehicle into a tree. Lawhorn then ran into the woods, but was arrested by deputies.
