A traffic chase leads to an arrest in Parsons.
Around 8:30 a.m. on July 4th, the Parsons Police Department received information about a maroon SUV that had been reported stolen with a Missouri Plates parked in the 3300 block of Broadway Ave.
An officer located the SUV at 28th and Crawford and attempted to stop the vehicle. The driver continued to operate without stopping, not obeying traffic laws and exited the Parsons city limits to 25000 Road and Northern Blvd. The vehicle went off road and went into a cornfield.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as Jeffery William Klingman who fled once the vehicle stopped in the cornfield. The passenger was identified as Charlotte Rae Blevins who was found in the vehicle and was taken into custody. A perimeter was set up to locate Klingman hiding in the cornfield. Labette County Sheriff’s Office K-9 was deployed and he was located laying down in the cornfield and taken into custody without incident. The vehicles information was located and advised that the 2010 Chevy Suburban was stolen out of Independence.
