GOVE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect after a chase early Thursday on Interstate 70 in Gove County.
Just after 7 a.m., a man later identified as Abron R. Dunston, Jr. 36, Norfolk, VA, pulled into the parking lot of the Golden Plains Credit Union in Quinter, according to Gove County Sheriff Allan Weber.
The driver pulled the 2019 Nissan passenger vehicle up to a woman arriving for work and demanded she give up her purse. When the victim refused, Dunston drove away.
Law enforcement responded to the report and KHP troopers picked up the chase on westbound Interstate 70 near the Grinnell exit.
The Nissan continued into Thomas County where Dunston drove through the median and then westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-70 at speeds of 110 miles per hour, according to Heilman. Dunston also avoided two attempts by law enforcement to use stop sticks.
Dunston then traveled back through the median to the westbound lanes, lost control of the Nissan in a ditch and crashed through a KDOT fence between the Sleep Inn and Walmart in Colby, according to Heilman.
When Dunston, who was not seriously injured, refused to exit the vehicle, officers used a K9 to help them make an arrest, according to Sheriff Weber.
According to Heilman, the Nissan was reported stolen in Virginia.
Dunston was treated for minor injuries will be jailed in Thomas County on requested charges that include the stolen vehicle, felony flee and elude and a weapons possession violation charge, according to Heilman.