EKB News

A man who was able to escape from police yesterday morning appeared in court this morning in Pike County. Paul J. Young, 19, of Island Creek was originally apprehended yesterday morning and charged with two counts each of theft by unlawful taking over $300 and criminal mischief 1st degree. The Pikeville Police Department was investigating a call of vehicles being broken into at the Riverside Inn and arrested Young. After Young was placed in the back of the police car he was somehow able to gain control of the vehicle and flee the scene. Officers located the heavily damaged cruiser on an old logging road. Young was also allegedly able to steal a shotgun from inside the cruiser. Young was apprehended again, leading to him making threats against the arresting officer. After the alleged threats, Young, once again, was able to escape by jumping out of the cruiser and over a bridge, where officers from the Pike County Sheriffs Department and Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement apprehended him a short time later. Young appeared this morning in Pike District Court on charges of terroristic threatening, two counts of escape, two counts of fleeing, two counts of wanton endangerment, one count of resisting arrest, and two more counts of theft by unlawful taking. A not guilty plea was entered for Young and a preliminary hearing was set for November 16th. He remains lodged at the Pike County Detention Center on multiple full cash bonds totaling over $12,000.