A DETECTIVE WITH THE SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY DRUG TASK FORCE ATTEMPTED TO STOP MOTORCYCLE TRAVELING ON “NINE-80” WITH NO VISIBLE
REGISTRATION PLATE….
THE MOTORCYCLE RIDER…..42 YEAR OLD MATTHEW STRATTON…..FAILED TO STOP AND FLED ONTO 31-E TO THE "100" INTERSECTION….WHERE STRATTON
ALLEGEDLY WAVED AT THE DETECTIVE AND CONTINUES ON WHERE THE PURSUIT WENT INTO THE ONE-THOUSAND BLOCK OF FRANKLIN ROAD AND ONTO FROST
LANE WHERE STRATTON ALLEGEDLY DROVE THROUGH THE FRONT YARD OF A HOME…
THE DETECTIVE GAVE VERBAL COMMANDS TO STOP….AND STRATTON ALLEGEDLY SCREAMED “DON’T SHOOT ME” AND DROVE ON….ADDITIONAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT JOINED THE PURSUIT WHICH CONTINUED ONTO OLIVER STREET AND INTO A SUBDIVISION….
AT THAT POINT…..STRATTON DROVE INTO A WOOD LINE…..WHERE HE FLED ON FOOT….AND WAS FOUND HIDING IN A BUSH…..
STRATTON WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE ALLEN COUNTY DETENTION CENTER FACING A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC RELATED OFFENSES INCLUDING
TWO COUNTS OF FLEEING OR EVADING AND WANTON ENDANGERMENT-POLICE OFFICER…….