Titusville Police Officers Nail Suspected Drug Dealers After High Speed Chase, Tactical Traffic Stop

By  //  July 28, 2022

POLICE: numerous amounts of illegal drugs in various quantities were seized from the vehicle

Titusville police officers have arrested Val Tramine Grayson Jr., 32, above, and Ashley Nicole Walden, 27, of Titusville after they fled from police on Wednesday, July 27, according to TPD spokesperson Amy Matthews. (BCSO image)

BREVARD COUNTY • TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA – Titusville police officers have arrested a local man and woman after they recklessly fled from police on Wednesday, July 27, according to TPD spokesperson Amy Matthews.

Val Tramine Grayson Jr., 32, of Titusville was charged with MDMA (AKA ECSTASY/MOLLY) Trafficking, Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Marijuana, 4 Counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance without a Prescription, Fleeing and Eluding at a High Speed, Driving with a Suspended License with Knowledge and 2 Counts Violation of Parole.

Ashley Nicole Walden, 27, of Titusville was charged with 4 Counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance without a Prescription, Trafficking of a Controlled Substance And Possession of Marijuana.

“At 3 p.m. at the intersection of Queen Street and DeLeon Avenue, a 2019 red Hyundai Elantra, immediately identified by the specialized Titusville Police Anti-Crime Enforcement (ACE) Team as a vehicle with a recent documented history of fleeing from law enforcement on multiple occasions, failed to make a complete stop at a posted stop sign,” said Matthews.

“Officers initiated a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle. The driver failed to comply to law enforcement, then fled at a high rate of speed. Within minutes, the vehicle was tactically stopped by officers near the Highway U.S. 2500 block in Mims.”

Ashley Nicole Walden, 27, of Titusville was charged with 4 Counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance without a Prescription, Trafficking of a Controlled Substance And Possession of Marijuana.

Grayson, the driver, and the passenger, Walden, were removed from the disabled vehicle and taken into custody and booked into the Brevard County Jail without bond and a $23,500 bond respectively.

In addition, numerous amounts of illegal drugs in various quantities were seized from the vehicle.

“The safety of our citizens is our agency’s highest priority,” TPD Corporal John Cantalupo.

“The controlled vehicle apprehension executed by highly trained officers resulted in the arrest of a dangerous convicted felon with a long criminal history, who now faces decades in prison.”

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