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RILEY COUNTY— A Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper was injured during a chase Thursday evening in Manhattan.
Just before 8:30 p.m., a Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper stopped to check on an abandoned vehicle near 3rd and Poyntz in Manhattan, according to Lt. Adam Winters of the Kansas Highway Patrol.
A woman approached the trooper and he returned to his vehicle to check her identification. The trooper was unable to get the information he needed and returned to the woman who was now in the vehicle. She drove away with the trooper hanging onto the front of the vehicle, according to Winters. The trooper eventually was able to return to his vehicle and started a chase that continued down Kansas 177 to Interstate 70. The chase ended at Wabaunsee Road.
The Trooper arrested Micheale Ketra Bennett, 36, Raytown, Mo., for alleged aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer; Fleeing and Attempt to Elude Law enforcement in commission of a felony. She is being held on a $20,000 bond, according to the Riley County Police arrest report.
The trooper was transported to a Topeka hospital for treatment of an injury to his arm, according to Winters. He was released a short time later.
Bennett has a previous conviction for receiving stolen property, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections.
She has a conviction in Johnson County Kansas for theft in 2007, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
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RILEY COUNTY-Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on felony charges.
Just before 8:30p.m. Thursday police arrested Micheale Ketra Bennett, 36, Raytown, MO., near Humboldt and 4th Street in Manhattan for alleged aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer; Fleeing and Attempt to Elude Law enforcement in commission of a felony. She is being held on a $20,000 bond, according to the Riley County Police arrest report. The Kansas Highway Patrol made the arrest.
Bennett has a previous conviction for receiving stolen property, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections.
She has a conviction in Johnson County Kansas for theft in 2007, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Authorities did not release additional details on her arrest early Friday.