TWO FUGITIVES FROM LOUISIANA WHO WERE CAPTURED IN MEMPHIS AFTER EVADING
AUTHORITIES FOR TEN DAYS HAVE MADE A BRIEF COURT APPEARANCE. THE MEN,
33-YEAR-OLD DARIAN "DRAKE" PIERCE AND 36-YEAR-OLD RICKY WEDGEWORTH, ARE BEING
HELD IN MEMPHIS ON A FEDERAL ESCAPE CHARGE. THEY ALSO FACE CHARGES IN AT LEAST
THREE OTHER STATES. BOTH MADE INITIAL APPEARANCES IN FEDERAL COURT TUESDAY.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT EXCLUSIVE DASH CAM VIDEO OF THEIR CAPTURE MONDAY. THEY WERE
ARRESTED AFTER CRASHING THEIR GETAWAY VEHICLE IN A BUSY SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS
INTERSECTION AND RUNNING AWAY. POLICE SAID THEY HAD STOLEN A GOVERNMENT TRUCK IN
JACKSON, TENN., ON MONDAY AND FLED THAT WEST TENNESSEE CITY. THEY WERE LATER
SPOTTED BY POLICE IN OLIVE BRANCH, MISS., AND WERE PURSUED INTO THE MEMPHIS
AREA. OFFICIALS SAY THE MEN CARJACKED AND KILLED AN OHIO BUSINESSMAN DAVID CUPPS
WHILE THEY WERE ON THE RUN.