Published: October 28, 2009 08:11 pm      

Deputies hospitalized following pursuit

A Nancy man and a 17-year-old boy were taken into custody Tuesday and Wednesday as a result of an incident which sent two sheriff’s deputies to the hospital.

Pulaski County sheriff’s deputies attempted to stop a pickup truck on Ky. 196 around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The vehicle was being driven by a juvenile male for whom deputies had a pick-up order from Pulaski District Court. Another male juvenile was in the passenger’s seat.

The juvenile refused to stop for deputies and led them on a chase across Sievers Road, Roberts Port Road, Ky. 1664, North Tarter Cemetery Road, Ky. 761, South Tarter Cemetery Road, Dawes Ridge Spur, Dawes Ridge Road, and Imperial Drive.

The passenger jumped out of the truck in the area of Ky. 1664.

The driver of the pickup truck continued down an embankment and through the woods, and then drove along a creek bed — traveling in areas where the deputies’ vehicles couldn’t follow him.

Deputies secured the scene while they searched for the juvenile driver, who had abandoned the truck by the creek.

Meanwhile, Kevin Marcum, 35, of Nancy, approached the deputies on foot and attempted to enter the secured area. Marcum was asked by deputies to stop and identify himself, and when he refused to do so, he was placed under arrest. While he was being taken into custody, he became combative with deputies, resulting in minor injuries to himself and two deputies. He also caused damage to a police cruiser.

The deputies were taken to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital for treatment of their injuries. Marcum refused medical treatment. He was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center and was charged with obstructing a governmental operation, two counts of 3rd degree assault, resisting arrest, menacing, and 3rd degree criminal mischief.

The 17-year-old boy was spotted by the sheriff’s department’s helicopter crew yesterday afternoon in the area where he had abandoned his truck. He was lodged in the Adair Juvenile Detention Center.

The incident is still under investigation, and additional charges are expected to be placed against the juvenile.