Man who led Houston County deputies on high speed chase, injured 3 pleads guilty
A man who injured three people, including a child, during a 12-minute high-speed chase in Houston County was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison on Monday, according to Eric Edwards, the Houston County District Attorney.
Bobby Lee McGhee, 64, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of fleeing and eluding police, one count of false imprisonment and three counts of aggravated assault, Edwards said. His trial was set to start that same day, but as a jury was being selected, he admitted the allegations against him.
The case stems from an incident on Nov. 16, 2024. He was stopped on Moody Road for alleged speeding by the Houston County Sheriff’s Office. McGhee told the deputy who stopped him that he did not have a license, but was driving a female friend to the hospital. The deputy called for an ambulance to treat the female passenger, but before the ambulance could arrive, he placed his car in drive and “fled the traffic stop at a high rate of speed,” Edwards said in a news release.
McGhee led several deputies in a high-speed chase through residential streets in Warner Robins, where he passed through numerous stop signs and red lights, drove on the wrong side of the road, through multiple parking lots and erratically passed other vehicles, according to Edwards. He then drove his car into a car occupied by three people, including a child, near the intersection of American Boulevard and Hawaii Avenue. They suffered injuries.
Despite the incident, McGhee fled again. At one point, he slowed down the car for the female passenger to exit, but he drove off again at a high rate of speed. The female passenger was injured, according to Edwards.
A deputy performed a precision immobilization technique on the car, often referred to as a PIT maneuver, when an officer hits a suspect’s vehicle with their own vehicle. That ended the chase.
During the drive, McGhee passed Emory Hospital on Watson Boulevard, but never took the female passenger to receive medical attention, Edwards said.
“He injured innocent motorists, harmed his own passenger, and showed no regard for anyone’s safety while repeatedly passing by a hospital without seeking medical help,” said Edwards. “The ten-year prison sentence in this case makes clear that when fleeing motorists turn our roads into danger zones, they will be held accountable and they will go to prison.”
