NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) - UPDATE: The suspect accused of fleeing after attempting to rob a gas station has been taken into custody.

On Wednesday afternoon, Nicholasville Police reported Andrew Snell was taken into custody without incident.

ORIGINAL: Police are searching for the suspect in an attempted robbery.

According to the Nicholasville Police Department, on Wednesday morning, a man tried to rob the gas station on Edgewood Drive with a knife but left empty-handed.

Police say that afterward, the man made threatening statements while speaking to a family member, who then contacted authorities.

Officers located the suspect’s vehicle and attempted a traffic stop near Tates Creek Road and Ashgrove Road, on the Fayette-Jessamine County line.

The man ran off, and that’s where the s

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