SOUTH WILLIAMSON, KY (WMDJ) — A Pike County man was arrested Wednesday evening after police said he ran from officers who found him inside a vacant building once used as a business in South Williamson.
Deputies with the Pike County Sheriff’s Office and troopers with Kentucky State Police Post 9 responded to a complaint of possible squatting around 4:30 p.m. at the former Custom Print and Design building, which is now owned by the county following flood damage earlier this year.
Officers said they discovered a broken window and heard footsteps inside before spotting a man running from the back door toward the flood wall. After a short chase, police took 29-year-old Christian Stanley into custody.
Investigators later learned Stanley had an active bench warrant for failing to appear in a separate case. He was charged with fleeing or evading police and taken to the Pike County Detention Center.
Stanley pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Thursday morning and is being held on a $5,000 cash bond.
