Man arrested on drug charges after ‘Dukes of Hazard’-style chase in Cleveland

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A person was arrested on drug expenses after being chased by the East Cleveland Organized Crime Job Drive, in response to the East Cleveland Police Division.

Officers tried stopping a gold Ford, pushed by Kristopher Lucas, after the automobile was seen in what officers described as “drug-related exercise” close to Shaw and Manhattan avenues in Cleveland, in response to a Fb publish from the division.

After main officers into Cleveland, Lucas “tried to imitate” the opening credit score scene from the Nineteen Seventies and Eighties tv present, ‘the Dukes of Hazard,’ through which he tried to drive the Ford off of a ledge in an try to flee from officers, the social media publish mentioned.

Lucas, who additionally had an energetic parole warrant, then left the Ford and ran from officers, who caught and arrested him with out incident, in response to officers.

Officers discovered a gun, varied medicine and scales within the Ford.

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