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                                    Curtis Lawson

    A Sevier County couple is in police custody in connection with several area burglaries following a car chase. According to reports, on Oct. 23, several stores were burglarized during the early morning hours in the Kodak area. The suspect and vehicle, a PT Cruiser, were observed on video surveillance.

   On Thursday, Oct. 25, at app. 3:04 am dispatchers with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office received a burglar alarm at Pizza Plus on W. Dumplin Valley road in Kodak. A B.O.L.O. (be on the look out) was issued for a purple Chrysler PT Cruiser. A short time later, the Knox Co. Sheriff’s Office received a burglar alarm at a convenience store on Ashville Highway and the responding officer spotted the purple PT Cruiser leaving the parking lot.

    The Knox Co. officer gave chase and the vehicle headed toward Jefferson County on Hwy 11E. where the car was eventually stopped inside Jefferson County by Jefferson County and Knox County Sheriffs’ Officers. Sevier County Detectives responded to the scene where the investigation led to the arrest of the two occupants of the car. Both are in Custody in the Knox County Jail. Sevier County authorities have charged the pair with five counts of burglary of the stores in Sevier County. The pair will be transported back to Sevier County at a later date. Arrested were Curtis L. Lawson, age 31, and Fantasia D. Smith, age 25, both of 428 Keegan Drive Pigeon Forge

  The investigation is continuing and more arrests may be pending.