Published: September 5, 2018

HATTON ELEMENTARY, LEIGHTON ELEMENTARY AND COLBERT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS WERE ON LOCK DOWN EARLIER TODAY AS LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE AND APPREHEND A WANTED SUBJECT. ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, THE LOCKDOWN AND THE SEARCH WERE A RESULT OF A HIGH SPEED CHASE FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING THAT ENDED WITH THE SUSPECT WRECKING THE VEHICLE INTO THE OLD BRICK HATTON SCHOOL AND RUNNING INTO THE WOODS. THE MALE SUBJECT, IDENTIFIED AS 27 YEAR OLD BROCK GOOCH, WAS WANTED ON A NUMBER OD CHARGES, INCLUDING ROBBERY AND NOW FACES ADDITIONAL CHARGES. CANINE UNITS AND THE MUSCLE SHOALS TACT TEAM WERE INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH WITH MUSCLE SHOALS POLICE OFFICERS, THE COLBERT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ALONG WITH THE LEIGHTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. GOOCH WAS ARRESTED AT 1:15 THIS AFTERNOON AT A RESIDENCE ON OLD ALABAMA 20 NEAR LEIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.