Man with 19 Charlotte arrests crashed stolen BMW on I-77 in York County, police say

A man who is accused of stealing a running BMW from a Fort Mill gas station Sunday, then crashing it on Interstate 77 before fleeing on foot across the eight-lane interstate, remains jailed.

Jaleel Brian Graves, 23, faces eight charges from two different South Carolina police agencies. He is being held on a $21,097.50 bond, and also has a hold for Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, jail records show.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Office web site shows Graves has been arrested on 19 charges since 2015.

A Charlotte man who was driving the BMW 735 series stopped at a gas station near Carowinds around 2 a.m. Sunday, police said.

A police report says Graves jumped in the BMW and took off, and was seen by a York County Sheriff’s Office deputy hitting another vehicle.

The man whose BMW was stolen, and another man, followed the stolen car as other deputies responded.

Graves drove south on I-77, past the Gold Hill Road exit, then jumped out of the car after colliding with a guardrail, the incident report shows.

Graves was caught by York County deputies after a foot chase, police said. He ran across Gold Hill Road and down the Exit 88 ramp, then jumped the divider between the north and southbound lanes, police said. A K-9 unit found Graves hiding in the woods.

Besides the hold from Charlotte-Mecklenburg police in North Carolina, South Carolina deputies and troopers charged Graves with grand larceny, felony hit and run and traffic charges.

This story was originally published October 23, 2017 at 4:50 PM with the headline "Man with 19 Charlotte arrests crashed stolen BMW on I-77 in York County, police say."