RICHMOND, KY – The Kentucky State Police (KSP) is reporting that on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, just before 10:30 a.m., a Trooper with the Kentucky State Police, Central Kentucky Interdiction Team, observed a 2018 Black Range Rover traveling on I-75 South near the 87-mile marker in Madison County with no registration plate.
The Trooper activated his emergency equipment and attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle. The operator of the vehicle failed to yield, brandished a firearm outside of the vehicle at the Troopers, and continued traveling on I-75 South, passing multiple vehicles at a high rate of speed.
The operator, later identified as Samuel H. Young, 42, of Reynoldsburg, OH, stopped the vehicle at the 39-mile marker south in Laurel County and was taken into custody and transported to the Laurel County Detention Center.
Samuel H. Young was charged with:
- Fleeing or Evading Police 1st degree
- Wanton Endangerment 1st degree
- Wanton Endangerment 2nd degree- Police Officer
- Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Felon
- Numerous other traffic violations.
The ongoing investigation is being conducted by the Kentucky State Police.
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