Joseph Avery Dye

Joseph Avery Dye, 23, Elkhart, has been incarcerated in the Elkhart County Corrections facility on charges of auto theft, resisting arrest and reckless driving.

At approximately 11:01 a.m. today, Tuesday, June 23, officers from the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department, the Bristol Police Department and the Middlebury Police Department responded to a report that a National Pipeline Service truck had been stolen from the area of SR 120, west of CR 37.

Officers responded to the area and observed the vehicle, a blue 2010 Dodge 1500 truck, heading east on SR 120. After attempting to stop the vehicle, the vehicle fled from officers and turned southbound onto SR 13 and continued into the Middlebury city limits. The vehicle was stopped after striking stop sticks deployed by officers.

Dye fled from the vehicle on foot and was apprehended by officers.