By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
The Kansas Highway Patrol arrested a California man on Monday after a chase through Russell and Ellis counties.
At 5:29 p.m., a trooper tried to stop a vehicle driven by Shelby L. Miller, 54, of El Sobrante, California, because the tag indicated the vehicle had allegedly fled from law enforcement in Seward County, Nebraska, earlier on Monday, said Trooper Tod Hileman.
The trooper initiated the stop at about milepost 183 of Interstate 70 between Russell and Gorham.
At about 5:35 p.m., the trooper lost sight of the vehicle on southbound U.S. Highway 281.
Multiple units, including the KHP aircraft out of Hays, were deployed to search for the suspect, Hileman said.
At 6:22 p.m., a trooper located the suspect vehicle going southbound on Fairgrounds Road in Ellis County.
At 6:31 p.m., the KHP aircraft located the vehicle now going eastbound on I-70 at about milepost 182.
The vehicle crashed at about 6:33 p.m. in the 600 block of Front Street in Russell, and the suspect was taken into custody.
The suspect is facing requested charges of felony fleeing and eluding, reckless driving, resisting arrest, and leaving the scene of an accident, Hileman said.
The suspect is also wanted for charges in Nebraska, Hileman said.