Man faces 21 charges, accused of ramming 2 police vehicles before I-575 chase

A Middle Georgia man is facing 21 charges, including aggravated assault, after hitting police vehicles and leading officers on a chase on I-575, authorities said.

The incident occurred about 1:30 p.m. Monday after Woodstock police responded to an indecent exposure call at a Goodwill store on Ga. 92 and Parkway 575, Assistant Chief Kevin Culpepper told AJC.com in an email. When officers approached the suspect, Tyron Giddens, 32, of Forsyth, in the store’s parking lot, he refused to exit a red Dodge pickup truck, according to authorities.

Giddens eventually rammed the truck into a police vehicle in front of him, before reversing and hitting a police car behind him and then taking off from the scene, Culpepper said.

Officers pursued Giddens onto I-575 North. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office placed a device north of the exit to puncture Giddens' tires, but he was caught after hitting multiple vehicles and crashing into safety wires at the Canton Road/Holly Springs exit, Culpepper said.

No one suffered major injuries in the incident.

Giddens is facing six counts of attempting to flee and elude police, four counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, four counts of hit-and-run, two counts of violation of probation, obstruction, interference with government property, reckless driving, driving without a seatbelt and unsecured load in the back of his truck, Cherokee sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Jay Baker said.