Chase began after Jerry James Brown used showers at a campground without permission, deputies say

A Laurens County man jumped from a bridge into a lake and deputies had to use a boat to capture him, according to Capt. Robert Wilkie, with the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office.(Watch the dashcam video of the chase and the man jumping in the water above) On Wednesday deputies got a call about a man using the showers without permission at the Mansfield Campground, Wilkie said. The caller was able to get a license plate of the vehicle, which was stolen out of Greenwood, according to Wilkie. Deputies found the vehicle on Highway 39 and tried to stop it but the driver refused to stop, Wilkie said. The vehicle was disabled by deputies on Todd Quarter Road in Waterloo.The driver, Jerry James Brown, jumped over the bridge into Lake Greenwood, Wilkie said. He said a citizen allowed deputies to use their boat to take Brown into custody. EMS treated Brown at the scene due to him being in the cold water for an extended period of time, Wilkie said. Brown was taken to Johnson Detention Center and charged with failure to stop for a blue light, receiving stolen goods, unlawful carrying of a firearm and driving under suspension.

A Laurens County man jumped from a bridge into a lake and deputies had to use a boat to capture him, according to Capt. Robert Wilkie, with the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office.

(Watch the dashcam video of the chase and the man jumping in the water above)


On Wednesday deputies got a call about a man using the showers without permission at the Mansfield Campground, Wilkie said.

The caller was able to get a license plate of the vehicle, which was stolen out of Greenwood, according to Wilkie.

Deputies found the vehicle on Highway 39 and tried to stop it but the driver refused to stop, Wilkie said.

The vehicle was disabled by deputies on Todd Quarter Road in Waterloo.

The driver, Jerry James Brown, jumped over the bridge into Lake Greenwood, Wilkie said.

He said a citizen allowed deputies to use their boat to take Brown into custody.

EMS treated Brown at the scene due to him being in the cold water for an extended period of time, Wilkie said.

Brown was taken to Johnson Detention Center and charged with failure to stop for a blue light, receiving stolen goods, unlawful carrying of a firearm and driving under suspension.