Updated: November 17, 2017

AFTER NUMEROUS SHORT POLICE CHASES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, A LAUDERDALE MAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY EVENING.  ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES, JAMES ALLEN BURBANK, JR, 26, OF FLORENCE AND SHELBY JOHNSON, 23 OF FLORENCE, WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AROUND 7:30 AFTER A HIGH SPEED CHASE THAT LED OFFICERS THROUGH TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA.  SIX DIFFERENT AGENCIES FROM NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN TENNESSEE WERE INVOLVED IN THE PURSUIT WHICH LASTED OVER AN HOUR.  BURBANK, HAS BEEN A SUSPECT IN NUMEROUS RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES AND THEFTS, RECEIVED A TIP OF HIS LOCATION WHICH STARTED THE CHASE.  OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO APPREHEND THE COUPLE AFTER THEY ABANDONED THE VEHICLE OFF COUNTY ROAD 6 JUST NORTH OF FLORENCE.  BURBANK IS FACING CHARGES OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ADDITION TO TWO OUTSTANDING ALIAS WARRANTS.