Updated: December 27, 2017

A WANTED FUGITIVE IS CAPTURED AFTER FAILING TO STOP FOR POLICE.  ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, OFFICERS WITH THE ETHRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT ATTEMPTED TO STOP AN OLDER MODEL FORD TRUCK ON MAIN STREET FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION ON DECEMBER 15TH AROUND 9:30.  THE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY AMBER SESLER OF NASHVILLE FAILED TO STOP AND LED OFFICER ON A SHORT PURSUIT WEST BOUND ON ETHRIGE RED HILL ROAD.  OFFICERS STATED THAT SESLER WAS SWERVING FROM LANE TO LANE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP NEAR THE INTERSECTION ON BUFFALO ROAD.  SESLER AND A MALE SUBJECT WERE DETAINED UNTIL THE SITUATION WAS DETERMINED TO BE SECURE AND BOTH SUBJECTS WERE CHECKED FOR ANY OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. IT WAS THEN THAT OFFICERS DISCOVERED THAT SESLER HAD AN ACTIVE WARRANT OUT OF MAURY COUNTY FOR BEING A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.  THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE MALE SUBJECT WAS RELEASED.  SESLER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE LAWRENCE COUNTY JAIL FOR HER OUTSTANDING WARRANT AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL CHARGES OF FAILING TO YIELD TO BLUE LIGHTS, SPEEDING AND RECKLESS DRIVING.