A Missouri man has been arrested and charged with stealing a nearly $200,000 truck in JanÂuary he was scheduled to deliver from ElizaÂbethÂtown.
Derrell Duret, 32, of Florissant, Missouri, was booked Thursday into the Hardin County Detention Center and is being held in lieu of a partially secured $200,000 bond.
According to an arrest warrant, Duret was an employee of Quality Drive Away. He was supposed to drive a 2020 Altec Ford F550 truck from ElizaÂbethtown to Oregon on Jan. 4.
Duret picked up the vehicle, but did not transport it to Oregon and was paid for the delivery, the warrant says. Duret was contacted several times about the truck, valued at $181,417.62, and he âwould not reveal the exact location of the vehicle,â according to the warrant.
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A Leitchfield woman was arrested on multiple charges early Wednesday morning, including wanton endangerment after an Elizabethtown Police Department officer was stuck by an uncapped syringe found in a bag belonging to her.
Lynda Schenk, 42, is charged with one count of first-degree wanton endangerment of a police officer, a Class D felony punishable by one to five years in prison, if convicted, as well as first offense, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance â methamphetamine and two misdemeanors.
According to an arrest citation, an officer saw a vehicle driving south on Interstate 65 with a license plate not illuminated. During the traffic stop, Schenk was asked if she had anything on her or in the vehicle that would âstick me, stab me or poke me.â She said she didnât.
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The pursuit began in Elizabethtown and ended in Jefferson County.
Kentucky State Police Post 4 received a call from a traveling motorist around 7 p.m. Thursday in reference to a reckless driver. The caller observed what they believed to be a female passenger who appeared to be in some type of distress, according to a KSP news release.
Troopers located the vehicle exiting I-65 southbound at Elizabethtown, Exit 94. As troopers attempted a traffic stop near Executive Drive, the vehicle fled from troopers and re-entered I-65 northbound.
As the pursuit continued with speeds reaching 115 mph, troopers deflated the rear driverâs side tire with stop sticks near the 111-mile marker. The pursuit continued north to the 131-mile marker in Jefferson County when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, striking the center barrier wall before traveling across the northbound lanes and striking a guardrail.