Angry Ex-Boyfriend Pursues Man During Vehicle Chase Through Buford

A man reportedly told police his desire to fight and harm his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend led to an extended vehicular pursuit through Buford.

Gwinnett County Police were dispatched to the Red Lobster on Buford Drive near the Mall of Georgia after a man called to report that his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend had chased him and struck the rear of his vehicle.

According to the man, he was almost to his girlfriend’s house on Skylar Ridge Drive in Buford when he saw the woman’s ex-boyfriend pull into the driveway. The man said he quickly turned his vehicle around and drove away to avoid a confrontation with the man, later identified as Maurice Bell, 43, of Decatur.

Bell reportedly spotted the man and began following him in his Hummer H3. The man told police Bell followed him down Bart Johnson Road, up Hamilton Mill Road and onto South Bogan Road. Bell allegedly followed the man onto Buford Drive and continued his pursuit until the intersection of Buford Drive and Mall of Georgia Boulevard where he struck the back of the man’s vehicle before fleeing the scene.

The man led the officer to a yard at the corner of Hamilton Mill Road and South Bogan Road to point out the tracks caused when both vehicles drove in circles in the grass multiple times before continuing down South Bogan.

“[The man] stated that during the chase he was in fear for his life and thought Bell was trying to kill him,” the officer wrote in the arrest report.

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