By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Salina Post
A violent offender led Salina Police Department officers through downtown during a police pursuit on Tuesday.
The Kansas Department of Corrections notified SPD officers that it needed assistance in arresting 40-year-old Jason Michael Lynn, whom KDOC special agents described as a violent offender.
According to SPD Capt. James Feldman, KDOC contacted the department at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, about Lynn and said he had violated his parole orders.
"Special agents observed him leaving a residence in the 400 block of West Ash Street," Feldman said. "Officers arrived in the area, and the subject was leaving in a 2012 Toyota Prius. Officers attempted to stop him, but he failed to stop, and we had a pursuit."
Officers attempted to stop the vehicle on Ash Street, but Lynn drove away and led officers throughout downtown before crashing into a house on East Iron Avenue.
Feldman said the pursuit did not reach high speeds through most of its duration, remaining around the posted speed limits, but when Lynn traveled eastbound on Iron Avenue, he reached 50 to 55 mph.
After the Prius struck the home, SPD officers arrested Lynn and requested charges for felony flee and elude, felony damage to property, reckless driving and driving while suspended.
The crash did not seriously injure Lynn; no one was home when he wrecked the Prius. Feldman said the house did not sustain any severe damage.