RENO COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas woman on drug and traffic allegations after an arrest.
Just after 12:30a.m. Tuesday, police arrested 30-year-old Nichole Chaffin of Wichita, according to Hutchinson Police.
Officer stopped a car Chaffin was in for a traffic violation near 4th and Plum in Hutchinson.
As Chaffin was asked to get out of the vehicle, she jumped into the driver's seat and took off at a high rate of speed. The chase ended when Chaffin struck four parked vehicles in the 600 block of North Pershing. She was taken to the hospital, then to the Reno County Correctional Facility.
Chaffin is being held on requested charges of felony flee and elude, possession of meth and drug paraphernalia, felony interference with law enforcement, DUI and driving while suspended.
Chaffin is also wanted on a failure to appear warrant out of Meade County. Her bond has been set at $19,500.