By Ken Howlett, News Director at K105

LEITCHFIELD, Ky. (K105) – A Leitchfield man has been apprehended on multiple charges following a reported pursuit.

According to WNKY News 40 media partner K105, an arrest citation states the Kentucky State Police arrested 37-year-old Wallace L. Mercer Thursday at about 11 a.m. after a trooper spotted him driving west on Beaver Dam Road, just outside of Leitchfield.

K105 reports the trooper, who knew Mercer had warrants for his arrest, tried to conduct a traffic stop, however, Mercer sped up to 75 miles per hour and fled west on Beaver Dam Road.

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Mercer then “turned right onto the road he lives on” and reached an “abrupt stop” before he ran from the trooper into a wooded area.

The trooper pursued Mercer, according to the citation. Merce

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