Driver flees traffic stop in Biloxi

An attempted traffic stop in Biloxi ended with the driver fleeing into the water.

Yesterday, Biloxi police officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop in the 1800 block of Beach Boulevard on a blue 2011 Chrysler 200 that was displaying an alleged stolen Florida license plate.

The driver ran from the vehicle and into the water. A short time later, police boat operators caught the driver, identified as 25-year-old Cody Shon Reeves of Rome, Georgia.

A passenger in the vehicle was identified as 27-year-old Mackenzie Joyane Tucker of Summerville, Georgia.

Officers searched the vehicle and recovered an assortment of drug paraphernalia along with multiple sets of burglary tools.

Both Reeves and Tucker had active felony warrants for grand larceny in the state of Georgia.