A Wichita man has been arrested on suspicion of felony flee and elude and other counts after work by Lyon and Chase county deputies earlier this week.
Lyon County Detective Eric Williams says the incident began unfolding around 3:15 am Tuesday when a Lyon County deputy saw a car using Interstate 35 to go southbound around Emporia at a high rate of speed. The deputy tried unsuccessfully to do a traffic stop and then started chasing the car, with the pursuit going to US Highway 50 and then west into Chase County. Williams says Chase County deputies then used stop sticks to end the chase just west of Strong City.
The car’s driver, 32-year-old Carl Lee Roberts, was arrested. Formal charges are pending.
