MONTGOMERY COUNTY -On Thursday afternoon, Deputies were able to confirm the identity of a man involved in a high-speed chase and manhunt pursuit that started on Tuesday as David Dean Dodson, 36, Afton, Oklahoma, formerly of California
Dodson is being held by the Montgomery County Department of Corrections awaiting formal charges.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Southeast Kansas are investigating a suspect involved in this week’s high-speed chase and manhunt.
As of Thursday morning they had not determined his identity, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
On Tuesday evening, the suspect fled officers in Chautauqua County during a chase that reached speeds of 150 miles per hour, according to Sheriff Rich Newby.
Just after 7 a.m. on Wednesday, deputies in Montgomery County responded to a call from
a concerned citizen about a man who came onto his property near CR 4000 and CR1500 asking for gasoline.
After the citizen refused to provide the man with any gasoline the unidentified man left the property in a late 90’s Silver Dodge truck.
Deputies discovered the truck was stolen from Chautauqua County and attempted to stop the vehicle when the driver fled the scene. The Deputies pursued the truck north on Rosser Road entering a field where the unidentified white male crashed the vehicle into a pond.
Deputies were ultimately able to apprehend the driver at the edge of the pond.
He was transported to Coffeyville Regional Medical Center where he was treated for minor injuries and released into the custody of Deputies.
Deputies are working to determine his identity. Officials from The Sheriff’s Office believe the man could be a suspect in other local cases, but that is yet to be determined.
Deputies are suggesting charges of Possession of stolen property, attempt to flee and elude law enforcement, Criminal Damage to Property as well as Driving without a license.
It may require a search of finger print records to learn his identity, according to Newby.