A man at the center of multiple WRAL Investigates reports faces new charges in connection with a high-speed chase and crash.

Courtney Jordan is the founder of the Courtney Jordan Foundation, a nonprofit that WRAL Investigates found failed to pay dozens of employees. Jordan also faces fraud-related charges in other cases.

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The latest incident involved a pursuit that began early Sunday in Person County, according to an incident report first obtained by the Roxboro Courier-Times.

A Person County sheriff’s deputy responding around 2 a.m. to an alarm at Helena Elementary School in Timberlake spotted a Nissan Murano in the parking lot and attempted to stop it, the report said.

The driver fled, reaching speeds of 80 to 90 mph as deputies pursued the SUV through Person, Durham and Orange counties. The vehicle struck a deer during the chase, according to the report.

Investigators said the SUV later went airborne, crashed through a fence and eventually struck a tree. Two occupants, identified as Jordan and Nicholas Gallardo, ran from the vehicle before deputies detained them in a wooded area.

Both men were injured and were taken to Duke University Hospital. Deputies returned to Person County to obtain felony warrants, but Jordan and Gallardo had left the hospital by the time officers arrived to take them into custody.

According to the report, Duke University police had told deputies they could monitor the emergency department’s entrances and exits but could not detain the men.

Gallardo is the chief financial officer of CJF America, an initiative aimed to 'build stronger communities through innovative programs that empower youth, promote education, and foster economic growth'. 

Deputies said they found multiple cellphones, bank and credit cards, identifying documents, two laptops, a receipt printer, buprenorphine films and oxycodone inside the vehicle.

Jordan and Gallardo have active warrants in Person County stemming from the chase. They also have outstanding warrants in Durham County.

In January, the State Department of Labor filed a court motion to try to force CJF America to provide documents the agency had been seeking for months. According to the Labor Department's motion, 31 people filed complaints with the state starting in June 2025.