The Osage County Sheriff’s Office says it has arrested a woman after a Labor Day law enforcement pursuit.
Sheriff Chris Wells says a deputy tried to conduct a traffic stop at an unlisted location on Kansas Highway 268 for an alleged traffic infraction. the vehicle allegedly failed to stop, so the deputy pursued and reported seeing drug paraphernalia thrown from the vehicle. The vehicle stopped near K-268 and Croco Road, about five miles northeast of Lyndon.
The driver, 41-year-old Samantha Dunbar of Osage City, was booked on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, as well as flee and elude, interference with law enforcement, driving with a revoked license and a vehicle registration violation. Formal charges are pending.
