A Hutchinson man with a long history of fleeing from police was arrested Wednesday night in Rice County following a pursuit that started in Hutchinson when an officer tried to pull him over.
Members of the Hutchinson Police Department’s Repeat Offender Unit were investigating the man, identified as Scott Lee Lutz, 32, for selling illegal narcotics, according to a release from Hutchinson police Capt. Thad Pickard.
When an officer attempted to pull him over, however, Lutz fled.
The pursuit, which included the HPD and members of the Reno and Rice County sheriff’s offices, ended in Rice County when officers were able to stop the vehicle.