Javoi Laquan Payne

On March 8, 2026, at 0327 hours, a trooper with the Minnesota State Patrol, driving a fully marked squad car, attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding. The trooper activated lights and sirens near 7th Street and Wheeler, St. Paul, Ramsey County. The vehicle accelerated and entered the closed-access highway portion of Mn Hwy 5 and increased speed rapidly. Speeds reached 105 mph. The fleeing vehicle jumped the median to exit to eastbound 62/55, with tires squealing and a near loss of control of the vehicle.

Speeds were 90-105 mph as the vehicle continued to flee. The trooper attempted a PIT but the vehicle was able to steer out of it and maintain control. The vehicle pulled onto Acacia Trail and stopped, allowing a female to exit the passenger seat. The vehicle then fled again and evaded another PIT. The vehicle then stopped in the middle of a street and the driver fled on foot into a wooded area where he fell. The trooper arrested him and identified him as Javoi LaQuan Payne, [DOB REDACTED]. The trooper recovered a baggie of suspected controlled substance on Payne’s person.

The substance presumptively tested positive for cocaine with a weight of 40.4 grams. Payne smelled of alcohol. Due to the possession of a controlled substance, the trooper obtained a sample of Payne’s blood. Analysis is pending.