An Altoona man remains at large today after fleeing a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon and speeding away on Route 22 from Cambria County into Indiana County.
State police say 46-year-old Johnnie Ray Weaver was pulled over for traffic violations along the westbound lane of 22 in Cambria Township. He provided his driver’s license but while speaking with the state trooper, Weaver was found to have a rolled marijuana blunt in his possession, so the trooper asked him to get out of his car. Instead, Weaver closed the door and hit the gas. With the trooper in pursuit, Weaver hit speeds at or above 130 miles per hour, prompting police to terminate the chase. Indiana-based troopers and the state police Aviation Patrol Unit were unable to locate him.
Weaver is 5-feet-9-inches tall and 155 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He’s charged with felony fleeing or attempting to elude police, along with recklessly endangering, possession of a small amount of marijuana and of drug paraphernalia, and fifteen summary traffic offenses. The arrest warrant was issued by Cambria County District Judge Frederick Creany.
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