CHIPLEY — Two suspects connected to a fatal crash that killed a Chipley woman have pleaded not guilty.
Jayvon James Burns, 35, and Carrie Anne Coatney, 31, appeared in Washington County arraignment proceedings earlier this week.
Burns faces charges stemming from the Nov. 17 fatal crash in Wausau that resulted in the death of Casey Maxwell, 18.
Coatney and another suspect, Paige Lauren Angerbrandt, 17, are charged with aiding prisoner escape. Angerbrandt has not yet appeared in Washington County court.
The crash happened after Burns led law enforcement officers on a chase from the Walmart store in Chipley, southbound on State 77 and into the Wausau city limits, where he collided with Maxwell’s right side passenger door at high speeds. Maxwell later succumbed to her injuries.
According to reports, Burns fled the scene, eluding law enforcement with help from Coatney and Angerbrandt until being tracked down by local K-9 Units the following evening.
Burns and Coatney will appear in court again on Jan. 29.