LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) — A Lawrence County man is facing charges after police say a stolen vehicle led to a high-speed pursuit into Boyd County.
Justin Fitzpatrick, 39, of Louisa, was arrested Thursday night after a 2006 Pontiac G6 was reported stolen from the Louisa Food City parking lot.
According to court documents, surveillance video showed someone enter the unlocked vehicle, which had keys inside, and drive away.
Kentucky State Police later spotted the vehicle on U.S. 23 in Catlettsburg, where police say it was traveling about 100 mph in a 55 mph zone.
The driver, identified as James Stone, and Fitzpatrick, who was a passenger, were taken into custody.
Investigators say Stone alleged Fitzpatrick encouraged him to steal a vehicle before the Pontiac was taken.
Fitzpatrick is charged with complicity to theft by unlawful taking in Lawrence County and complicity to receiving stolen property in Boyd County.
Fitzpatrick was lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville.






