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Suspect says he wrote bad checks to pay for Botox

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – What started as a routine traffic stop in Brentwood Friday night ended nearly 100 miles away with the arrest of a man who admitted to writing bad checks to pay for Botox injections.

Brentwood officer Chase Ezell attempted to stop a blue Dodge Stratus with a stolen license plate. 

Instead, the suspect, later identified as Steven Ray Harris, refused and took off down Carothers Parkway and north onto Interstate 65 toward Nashville.

Brentwood officers deployed spike strips at Old Hickory Boulevard but the 41-year-old kept driving at speeds in excess of 100 miles-per-hour.

"It's dangerous for everyone… the suspect, the police officers involved, especially the officers deploying the stop sticks," Brentwood police Capt. Tommy Walsh told Nashville's News 2.

The pursuit continued through Nashville and onto Interstate 40 West.

After about 30 minutes, in Dickson County, Brentwood officers backed off, allowing the Tennessee Highway Patrol to continue the pursuit.

Finally, close to 100 miles later, Harris pulled over in Humphreys County and quietly surrendered.

According to the arrest affidavit, he claimed he didn't stop because he didn't want to be "shot by Brentwood police."

He later told lawmen he used "bad checks to pay for Botox" in Williamson County and used the identity of another man as part of an agreement to stay away from that man's wife.

Harris also admitted to stealing the license tag from a Nashville parking garage because his temporary tag was expired.

Harris is behind bars on multiple counts, including reckless endangerment, theft of property, evading arrest and identity theft.