FEBRUARY 19, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE #22-0219-1
CONTACT: SHERIFF TIM MORSE 785-364-2251
MULTI-COUNTY PURSUIT WITH STOLEN VEHICLE ENDS IN JACKSON COUNTY
JACKSON COUNTY, Kan. (JASO) – Sheriff Tim Morse reports a Topeka man is being held in the Jackson County Jail following a multi-county pursuit. A pursuit with a stolen 1978 Chevy pickup initially began in the City of Topeka by Topeka Police. The vehicle was reported stolen out of Jefferson County. Another pursuit with the same vehicle ensued later with the Kansas Highway Patrol and Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office that went west into Wabaunsee and Pottawatomie Counties. The pursuit then entered Jackson County at the Pottawatomie County line on 110 Road around 1:15 a.m. Saturday morning. The pursuit continued eastbound where Jackson County deputies and Hoyt Police deployed stop sticks which deflated three of the four tires. The Chevy truck then struck a Capital Police patrol car head on west of Hoyt. A Shawnee County deputy and a Jackson County deputy each attempted to disable the vehicle through a tactical vehicle intervention technique. The vehicle came to a stop just west of the Jefferson County line on 114th Road at 1:57 a.m. The driver, Jeffery Eugene Peak, 36, of Topeka, was arrested by Troopers and transported to the Jackson County Jail where charges are pending. A passenger in the vehicle was released. No injuries were reported during the incident.