UPDATE: Online court records show Byrd pleaded guilty during a hearing on Dec. 11. A judge sentenced Byrd to serve four years in prison and then five years probation.

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - A dangerous high-speed chase through Independence led to multiple charges filed against a man who crashed into an innocent driver.

Jackson County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Friday, May 23, indicate that Julian Byrd, 21, of Kansas City, has been charged in connection with a dangerous high-speed chase.

A probable cause statement filed by the Independence Police Department revealed that around 1:25 p.m. on Thursday, law enforcement officials spotted a Kia Forte with an obstructed license plate. When they attempted to stop the driver, later identified as

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