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14-year-old leads police on chase through central Salina

Salina Post

SALINA — A Salina teen was sent to the juvenile detention center in Junction City Thursday after leading police on a chase through the central part of Salina.

Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said Friday that an officer saw a 1995 Ford Taurus eastbound in the 600 block of East Crawford Street. When the officer ran the tag, it came back as being registered to a Buick, he said. The officer pursued the Taurus and attempted to stop it in the 800 block of East Crawford Street at about 10:45 a.m. Thursday, but when the vehicle entered the parking lot of the former Long John Silver’s, it then turned north into the southbound lanes of South Ohio Street, Forrester said. With the officer in pursuit, the vehicle took the following route at speeds up to 50 mph, he said.

  • West on East Prescott Road
  • North on Guernsey Drive
  • West on East Prescott Road
  • South on South Second Street
  • West on East Crawford Street

At that point, the officer lost sight of the vehicle, however officers later located the vehicle parked in the 600 block of South Third Street , Forrester said. A Kansas Highway Patrol K-9 was brought in and located the driver hiding in a shed behind a house in the 600 block of South Third Street, he added.

Forrester said the driver, a 14-year-old boy, had two active failure to appear warrants from district court. The teen also was arrested on suspicion of the following, Forrester said.

  • Flee and elude of a law enforcement officer
  • Operating a motor vehicle without a valid license
  • Unlawful acts vehicle registration violation
  • Driving on the wrong side of the roadway

According to Forrester, the case remains open as the police are investigating how the boy obtained the vehicle and why it had a tag from another vehicle on it.

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