Harvey County Sheriff Deputies were involved in a pursuit of a vehicle in the area of US 50 and S. Prairie Lake Road Monday.
During the pursuit, a male passenger in the vehicle contacted Harvey County Communications and advised the female driver was armed and stated she was not going to go back to prison and threatened to kill the male passenger along with a female passenger in the car who was 8 months pregnant. The driver wanted the deputies to back off from the chase.
The chase continued throughout Harvey County for about an hour.
The chase finally came to an end in the area of NW 48th and Golden Prairie in a field by a creek, in Reno County.
The driver, identified as 21-year-old Nicole Chaffin, who ran from the car taking with a loaded 12-gauge shot gun. Deputies located Chaffin in a wooded area by the creek.
She was taken into custody without further incident.
Chaffin, of Hutchinson, was arrested for felony flee and elude, possession of stolen property, obstruction, reckless driving, and outside warrants,
Further charges may be pending.
She is listed as an absconder from the Kansas Department of Corrections for burglary convictions from 2010 in Reno County.