A teenager sent deputies on a chase Saturday, after reaching speeds in the triple digits.
At around 12:25 a.m., Sumner County Sheriff’s deputies patrolling in the Argonia clocked a car going 108 mph in a 55 mph zone and attempted to pull the vehicle over to issue a ticket. Refusing to stop, the deputies chased the vehicle through Country roads at speeds of more than 80 mph, Capt. Mike Yoder of the Sumner County Sheriff’s Department said.
The chase ended at NE 140th and 100th Road, four miles into Harper County after the driver stopped abruptly in the area.
A 16-year-old juvenile male from Argonia was arrested and placed in juvenile custody in Hutchinson on charges of attempting to elude, reckless driving, speeding, disregard of stop signs, minor in possession of alcohol and refusing preliminary breath test.
Though it was a juvenile driving the car, officers have to treat every vehicle stop with the same amount of caution used for adults.
“You never know who you are stopping or what they’ve done and the deputies when they are working, 99 percent of the time they are out there working by themselves and when they walk up to a car, they have to deal with whatever’s inside,”Yoder said.
Juvenile car chases aren’t common, but fear does play a factor in younger drivers when they get pulled over by the police.
“Most of the chases we have are with adults, but we’ve had our share with juveniles, simply because they get scared...that’s the case a lot of times and they think they can get away from us and not get caught,” Yoder said.
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A teenager sent deputies on a chase Saturday, after reaching speeds in the triple digits.
At around 12:25 a.m., Sumner County Sheriff’s deputies patrolling in the Argonia clocked a car going 108 mph in a 55 mph zone and attempted to pull the vehicle over to issue a ticket. Refusing to stop, the deputies chased the vehicle through Country roads at speeds of more than 80 mph, Capt. Mike Yoder of the Sumner County Sheriff’s Department said.
The chase ended at NE 140th and 100th Road, four miles into Harper County after the driver stopped abruptly in the area.
A 16-year-old juvenile male from Argonia was arrested and placed in juvenile custody in Hutchinson on charges of attempting to elude, reckless driving, speeding, disregard of stop signs, minor in possession of alcohol and refusing preliminary breath test.
Though it was a juvenile driving the car, officers have to treat every vehicle stop with the same amount of caution used for adults.
“You never know who you are stopping or what they’ve done and the deputies when they are working, 99 percent of the time they are out there working by themselves and when they walk up to a car, they have to deal with whatever’s inside,”Yoder said.
Juvenile car chases aren’t common, but fear does play a factor in younger drivers when they get pulled over by the police.
“Most of the chases we have are with adults, but we’ve had our share with juveniles, simply because they get scared...that’s the case a lot of times and they think they can get away from us and not get caught,” Yoder said.
