A Kincaid man who left the scene of single car crash last week near Greeley and spawned a multi-agency search of the area, turned himself in to County Sheriff’s Officers Friday without incident. Anderson County Sheriff Vern Valentine says 30 year old Cory Payne contacted officers when he became aware of Facebook Posts that the search was intended for him. Valentine says officers arrested Payne in Kincaid on a Miami County Traffic Warrant for driving while his license was suspended. He was bonded out of Anderson County jail Friday.
Around 6:50 Thursday evening, Anderson County Fire and Emergency Management posted on its Facebook Page, that officers were using foot searches, aerial drones and canine’s in their search for a man that witnesses said fled the scene after crashing his vehicle northeast of Greeley. An update after 8:00 that evening, told the public, the man still had not been apprehended.
Payne told officers no one was around when he crashed his stepfather’s vehicle, so he just took off walking across a nearby pasture.
