RENO COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities are investigating 2 suspects captured after a high-speed chase.
Just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday when a Reno County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to make a routine traffic stop in Nickerson. The driver later identified as 31-year-old Joshua Borst of Colorado took off at a high rate of speed down K-14 toward Hutchinson, eventually pulling off onto 6th Street in South Hutchinson.
Law Enforcement used stop sticks and punctured three of the vehicle’s four tires. Borst kept traveling on the rims across the Frank Hart bridge The vehicle ultimately crashed through a fence at the Cargill Salt plant on East G street. Borst and his passenger then took off running.
Officers captured a passenger in the vehicle 36-year-old Jennifer Heckman about 30 yards from the vehicle. Officers couldn’t locate Borst. Heckman was jailed for possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to distribute and felony interference.
Around 6:30 a.m., a Hutchinson Police Officer was called for suspicious activity at a home on Osborne Street. The homeowner said someone was outside her home yelling for help. The officer arrived and found Borst underneath a deck on the east side of the home. He was then taken into custody without further incident.
Joshua Borst is being held on an $8,000 Bond for numerous charges including felony flee and elude, theft or possession of stolen property, interference with law enforcement, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to distribute, leaving the scene of an accident, driving while suspended and criminal damage.
The vehicle they were in was reported stolen out of Westminster, Colorado.
Unless they make bond, both should make a first court appearance Friday