A Hopkinsville woman and a Madisonville man are charged after a police pursuit in Hopkins County Tuesday morning.
Kentucky State Police say they attempted to stop an SUV after a report of a suspicious vehicle at New Lakeside General Baptist Church in Morton’s Gap.
The driver 45-year-old Robert Keown of Madisonville fled leading police on a 17-mile pursuit before police used a tire deflation device and caused him to stop on US 41 south on Nortonville.
He attempted to flee on foot but was quickly arrested.
28-year-old Kali Vertigan of Hopkinsville and 26-year-old Gevin Lemons of Nortonville were in the vehicle during the pursuit.
Vertigan was arrested on an outstanding warrant.
Keown is charged with first-degree possession of meth and cocaine, fleeing or evading police on foot and motor vehicle, DUI, first-degree wanton endangerment of a police officer, resisting arrest, and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.
