MAN FACES MULTIPLE TRAFFIC, CRIMINAL, AND DRUG CHARGES AFTER ENDANDERING MANY
April 9, 2026
Hillsborough, NC (April 9, 2026) – A deputy with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrested Kevin Tyler Brown yesterday for multiple traffic and criminal charges after Brown failed to comply with a motor vehicle stop and began driving in a dangerous manner in southern Orange County. Following a crash caused by Brown when he deliberately rammed into a patrol vehicle, deputies located narcotics and cash in the Ford Fiesta Brown was driving.
A deputy originally tried to stop Brown, 40, for displaying a fictitious license tag at 12:06 pm on April 8, 2026. As Brown fled, he drove in a reckless and erratic manner, endangering other motorists, sideswiping one while improperly passing, and ultimately crashing into a ditch after deliberately ramming a deputy’s patrol vehicle.
Deputies immediately took Brown into custody and located narcotics and cash in his vehicle during a search incident to arrest. Deputies then obtained a search warrant for his residence, an apartment in Carrboro, where they found trafficking amounts of fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine. Brown, already an absconder from probation, now faces multiple additional charges for drug trafficking and related crimes. He is currently in the Orange County Detention Center after the magistrate ordered him to be held without bond.
Deputies charged Brown with the following crimes and offenses:
Flee to elude arrest (felony)
Assault with a deadly weapon on a government official (felony)
Reckless driving with wanton disregard for the rights/safety of others (misdemeanor)
Failure to heed lights or siren (misdemeanor)
Hit/Run leave scene property damage (misdemeanor)
Window tinting violation (misdemeanor)
Operating a vehicle without liability insurance (misdemeanor)
Failure of driver to wear seat belt (infraction)
Driving the wrong way on a dual-lane highway (infraction)
Unsafe passing into oncoming traffic (infraction)
Possession with intent to sell and deliver Schedule II controlled substance (2 counts, felony)
Possession with intent to sell and deliver Schedule IV controlled substance (felony)
Maintaining a vehicle or dwelling place for the use, storage, or sale of a controlled substance (2 counts, felony)
Trafficking in methamphetamine (3 counts, felony)
Trafficking in fentanyl (felony)
Possession of drug paraphernalia (misdemeanor)
Brown will have his first court appearance this afternoon at 2:00 PM.