By MIKE COURSON Great Bend Post
A Pratt County man was arrested late Tuesday evening after a high-speed motorcycle pursuit that began approximately nine miles north of St. John on US-281 Highway just before 7:30 p.m.
According to Kansas Highway Patrol Dispatch, a trooper attempted to pull over the driver of a motorcycle, later identified as 33-year-old Tyler Lingle of Cullison, for going 82 miles an hour in a 65-mile-an-hour zone on US-281 near Northwest 120th Street. The driver fled and the motorcycle reached speeds up to 130 miles an hour before crashing just across the Barton-Stafford County line near Northeast 70 Road.
The driver then fled on foot. Law enforcement used K-9s and a KHP aircraft to help locate Lingle, who was transported to the Barton County Jail at 9:13 p.m.
Lingle was arrested on Stafford County requested charges for flee and elude, felony interference with law enforcement, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving without a license, circumvention of an interlock device, expired registration, and speeding. He was released after posting a $10,000 surety bond.