Mizzou football player arrested, charged with felony after short chase on East Broadway
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Mizzou football player was booked into the Boone County Jail early Tuesday and was charged with a felony.
Jaden Jacobi Bush, 18, of Theodore, Alabama, was charged on Thursday with aggravated fleeing and misdemeanor reckless driving. He was booked into the Boone County Jail at 12:47 a.m. Tuesday. A sheriff’s office spokesman said Bush bonded out at 8:40 a.m. A hearing has not been scheduled.
The probable cause statement says a Columbia police officer saw a white 2024 Ford Mustang speeding near East Broadway and Old Highway 63 on Monday night. Bush turned west onto East Broadway and the officer turned on his lights for a traffic stop, but Bush kept driving for 24 seconds, the officer wrote in the statement.
Bush had 19-year-old passenger in his vehicle when he was stopped at East Broadway and Old Highway 63 south, the statement says.
Bush allegedly told the officer that he was driving 80-90 miles per hour and that he did not initially pull over because “that’s just how my car is,” he was quoted in the probable cause statement.
The Mizzou Athletic Department confirmed in an email to ABC 17 News that Bush was suspended from the football program indefinitely.
“We are disappointed in JJ’s actions. He is indefinitely suspended from the team as the legal process plays out,” a statement from head coach Eli Drinkwitz says.
Bush is listed on the Mizzou football website as a freshman linebacker.