Two Louisville men were arrested after a twenty minute pursuit in Hardin County early Wednesday (10/25) morning.
According to Elizabethtown Police the pursuit began around 2:48 am Wednesday at the intersection of New Glendale Road and the US 31W Bypass in Elizabethtown went through Rineyville and ended back Elizabethtown after police saw 2017 Ford F-150 truck hauling a stolen trailer and John Deere zero turn mower. The pursuit went through the rural area near Rineyville before ending along the Patriot Parkway in Elizabethtown.
The driver of the truck, 65 year-old Morris Cooper was apprehended after a short foot pursuit near the Magnolia Farms subdivision. Police found a crack pipe in the truck and bolt cutters were found under the passenger seat of the vehicle. Police later learned that the trailer was stolen from a local metal business.
Cooper was charged with first-degree fleeing or evading police in a motor vehicle; first-degree fleeing or evading police on foot; first-degree wanton endangerment of a police officer; operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicants; two counts of receiving stolen property less than $10,000; first offense, first-degree possession of a controlled substance — cocaine; possession of drug paraphernalia; possession of burglary tools and reckless driving.
A passenger in the truck, 36 year-old Antoine Clemmons was charged with two counts of receiving stolen property less than $10,000; first offense, first-degree possession of a controlled substance — cocaine; possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of burglary tools.
Morris Cooper, 65, and Antoine Clemmons, 36, are lodged in lieu of $5,000 cash bonds in the Hardin County Detention Center.
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