CHEROKEE COUNTY, Kan. – A Missouri Fugitive from Justice is arrested after a police pursuit in Kansas.
Saturday Cherokee County Deputies were searching an area for wanted fugitive, Larry Flowers, 39.
Just after noon, a deputy spotted Flowers driving a white Ford truck north of Riverton. Flowers fled when the deputy attempted to stop him.
Flowers traveled west on Messer Road, where another Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputy was able to successfully deploy a tire deflation device east of Columbus. Flowers however continued to flee northbound from Columbus eventually going into Crawford County near Cherokee. As the pursuit came to an end he rammed a Crawford County Patrol Unit before veering off the roadway.
Flowers was taken into custody and deputies located and seized methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle.
Flowers was transported to the Cherokee County Jail on 14 outstanding warrants for his arrest, including felony aggravated crimes in Missouri. Flowers also now faces additional charges in Cherokee and Crawford Counties in Kansas.
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