Complaint Leads To ATV Pursuit, DUI Arrest

Edmonson Voice Staff Report:
The Edmonson County Sheriff's Office said that a Wingfield man now faces multiple felony charges as a result of an ATV pursuit on Thursday, September 14, 2017.

The Sheriff's office said they responded to the 8500 block of Wingfield Church Road where a caller said there were people riding ATVs on the highway recklessly and suspected impaired operation.

Authorities said in an attempt to pull over the ATVs, the vehicles continued in a pursuit. Deputies reported that one of the ATVs which was driven by a 10yr old juvenile stopped, but the other continued.

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John Steven Napier (53) Bowling Green.

​According to reports, a KSP trooper continued on approximately another mile and was able to stop the continuing ATV at the intersection of Lock 5 Road and Wingfield Church Road in Warren County, driven by John Steven Napier, 53, of Bowling Green. Authorities said that Napier was intoxicated.

Napier was arrested and charged with:

• Operating a motor vehicle u/influence of ALC/drug 1st offense, 
• Operating ATV on roadway 
• Failure to illuminate head lamps
• Fleeing or Evading 1st degree 
• Abandonment of Minor

​Napier was lodged in the Hart County Jail where he was later released on bail. The Sheriff's Office said that the juvenile in the case has not been charged.

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