ON SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2008, SHERIFF DAVID LUCAS AND SERGEANT GREG IVEY WERE IN THE GRUBBS AREA IN REFERENCE TO AN ALARM CALL. WHILE IN THE AREA, THEY WERE ADVISED BY A CITIZEN THAT ROGER DYLAN RUDD WAS AT A RESIDENCE OCCUPIED BY STARLA LEWELLYN. AT THAT TIME, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAD A WARRANT FOR RUDD'S ARREST.
WHILE THE OFFICERS WERE IN ROUTE TO MS. LEWELLYN'S RESIDENCE, THEY WERE ADVISED THAT RUDD HAD RAN INSIDE THE RESIDENCE. UPON ARRIVING AT THE RESIDENCE, THE OFFICERS OBSERVED RUDD LOOKING OUT ONE OF THE WINDOWS. RUDD WAS ADVISED TO COME OUT OF THE HOUSE AND SURRENDER. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE DISPATCHER AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ADVISED THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED A PHONE CALL ABOUT A SHOOTING AT THE AIRBASE AND THAT THE PHONE CALL CAME FROM A CELL PHONE NUMBER.
SERGEANT IVEY THEN CALLED THE NUMBER AND SPOKE WITH RUDD. RUDD ADVISED IVEY THAT HE WAS NOT AT LEWELLYN'S RESIDENCE AND THAT HE WASN'T EVEN IN GRUBBS. IVEY THEN ACTIVATED HIS SIREN AND HE THEN HEARD HIS SIREN THROUGH THE CELL PHONE. A SHORT TIME LATER, RUDD FLED FROM THE RESIDENCE AND WAS CHASED BY SHERIFF LUCAS TO ANOTHER RESIDENCE IN GRUBBS.
OFFICERS THEN ENTERED THE OTHER RESIDENCE AND THEY WERE ADVISED THAT RUDD HAD STATED "THE LAW WAS AFTER HIM" AND THAT RUDD WAS IN THE BATHROOM. OFFICERS THEN LOCATED RUDD IN THE BATHROOM OF THE RESIDENCE AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. OFFICERS THEN RETURNED TO LEWELLYN'S RESIDENCE AND SHE WAS ALSO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
ON MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008, ROGER DYLAN RUDD APPEARED IN NEWPORT DISTRICT COURT ON CHARGES OF BREAKING OR ENTERING, FILING A FALSE REPORT WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, FLEEING AND OUTSTANDING WARRANTS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY AND FAILURE TO APPEAR. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $75,000.00 AND HE WAS ORDERED TO APPEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. ALSO ON THIS SAME DATE, STARLA LEWELLYN APPEARED IN NEWPORT DISTRICT COURT ON CHARGES OF FILING A FALSE REPORT WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HINDERING APPREHENSION OR PROSECUTION. HER BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 AND SHE WAS ORDERED TO APPEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.
ON TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2008, IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, ROGER DYLAN RUDD'S BOND ON PREVIOUS CHARGES WAS REVOKED BY THE COURT. HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WITHOUT BOND. RUDD IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ON JUNE 26, 2008 ON THE NEW CHARGES.