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Past Atchison pursuit leads to arrest

By Brian Hagen

10/23/2024

Phillip Roles/Atchison Police Dept.

(KAIR)--An arrest has been made in connection with what started as the report of a prowler at an Atchison residence but turned into a pursuit that ended with the suspect driver remaining on the run.

That changed Monday, when 37-year-old Phillip Roles, of Atchison, was arrested on a District Court warrant issued for his alleged role in the crime that Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson says happened August 24.

According to a release from Wilson, officers were called to the 1300 block of North 7th Street, due to a report of a prowler, on that date. When they arrived around 5:00 that morning, Wilson says officers saw an SUV fleeing from the area, and a pursuit was launched. However, no contact was made with the driver, who an investigation later determined to be Roles. It was also learned, through that investigation, that Roles was allegedly accompanied by a passenger under the age of 18 at the time of the pursuit.

Roles was arrested on the warrant late Monday morning, at 5th and Park Streets, in Atchison, with the warrant charging him with fleeing and attempting to elude, aggravated endangering a child, and twelve additional counts related to various traffic violations.

Following his arrest, Roles was booked into the Atchison County Jail.

His bond is set at $100,000.

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