Spring trial set for man charged in high-speed chase

A Cape Girardeau man involved in a high-speed chase to Scott City last year will go to trial in the spring, Circuit Court Judge William L. Syler decided Monday.

The case against Zatrun Twiggs, 24, who is charged with four counts of felony purchasing and distributing narcotics in Cape Girardeau County, will be heard before a jury starting May 20. A pretrial conference is set for May 17.

Twiggs was arrested Sept. 11, 2009 in Sikeston, Mo. after police spent two weeks searching for him. During the high-speed chase Aug. 28, a female accomplice drove the vehicle with Twiggs in the back seat, leading Cape Girardeau officers to Scott City.

According to officers, when Twiggs reached Scott City he broke into a residence and forced an elderly man to drive him to Chaffee, Mo.

Twiggs was originally wanted on felony warrants for drug distribution and a parole violation.