Chester

            A HOPKINSVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED EARLY THIS MORNING ON MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER A BRIEF FOOT CHASE.

            THE ARREST CARD FOR 47-YEAR OLD LESLIE CHESTER SAYS OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO 2005 OAK STREET AFTER A WOMAN CALLED THE ECC SAYING AN UNKNOWN HEAVYSET BLACK MALE WEARING A WHITE JACKET AND BLUE JERSEY HAD JUST WALKED INTO HER HOUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION.

            THE SUSPECT LEFT THE RESIDENCE AND WALKED DOWN THE STREET, WITH OFFICERS FINDING A MALE MEETING THE DESCRIPTION SITITNG IN THE DRIVERS SIDE OF A VEHICLE PARKED ON THE SIDE OF ROADWAY.

            WHEN CHESTER SAW POLICE, HE ALLEGEDLY GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND RAN, TOSSING A CAR STEREO INTO THE BUSHES AS HE WENT. OFFICERS TOLD CHESTER SEVERAL TIMES TO STOP, BUT HE CONTINUED UNTIL POLICE CAUGHT UP TO HIM AND PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED HIM.

            POLICE ALSO DETERMINED THE VEHICLE, BELONGING TO DIAMOND MCARTHUR OF HOPKINSVILLE, HAD ITS DASH BOARD RIPPED APART WHEN CHESTER WAS ALLEGEDLY INSIDE REMOVING THE STEREO.

            CHESTER WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT, FLEEING FROM POLICE AND ALCOHOL INTOXICATION AND LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

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