JACKSON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas felon after a chase and crash.
Just before 8:30p.m. Sunday, Cody Wayne Gaston, 34, of Netawaka, Kansas, was allegedly driving a motorcycle northbound on Q.4 Road near 262nd, according to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse,
A deputy attempted to stop the motorcyclist for a traffic infraction, when Gaston allegedly fled northbound and wrecked just south of 286th Road.
Gaston was not injured, and was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail for fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer, driving while suspended, possession of opiates, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. He has previous convictions for burglary and forgery, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.