KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Platte County sheriff's deputies, with an assist from a K-9, arrested a man who led police on a high-speed chase, threw a gun under a car and was found hiding by a concrete culvert.
The incident began Tuesday morning when a corporal with the Platte County Sheriff's Department tried to stop a vehicle for improper registration near Northwest 64th Street and Northwest Klamm Road.
The driver sped off and drove 90 mph on Northwest 64th Street, according to a sheriff's department news release.
The driver crashed and ran from the crash scene.
Witnesses told law officers the suspect threw a gun under another vehicle as he ran.
He was arrested after a search in a wooded area with help from a police K-9.
The vehicle in the chase was stolen in Kansas City, Missouri, according to the news release.
The deputies also found the handgun thrown by the suspect.
In addition, they found a large amount of money, narcotics, and narcotics paraphernalia in the stolen vehicle, according to the news release.
The suspect was treated at a hospital and taken to the Platte County Jail.
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