FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) – A Johnson County man was captured yesterday following a high-speed chase and manhunt in the Prestonsburg area.
On Tuesday afternoon, Prestonsburg City Police attempted to pull over Thomas Price, who had recently evaded authorities in Johnson County and was believed to be armed and dangerous. Price led police on a chase along KY Route 114 to U.S. 23 and the Abbott Creek area, where later he was able to escape on foot after abandoning his vehicle.
At 6:30 p.m. Prestonsburg/Floyd County ECC received a 911 call that Price was trying to enter people’s homes asking to use the phone. He was able to force entry into an elderly disabled woman’s home and attempted to hide when patrolman Keegan Williams, Chris Allen, Chief of Police Ross Shurtleff and Sheriff’s Deputy Kris Hall arrived and following a brief struggle, arrested Rice.
He was wanted for multiple violent felonies as well as being a persistent felony offender. Rice now faces additional charges and is currently lodged in the Floyd County Detention Center.
