According to KSAL news and the Lincoln County Sheriff ’s office, a Salina man who led local law enforcement on a multicounty high speed pursuit is being sought after he slipped put of a handcuff and escaped from custody. Captain Jim Hughes from the Saline County Sheriff ’s Office says they are seeking 37-year-old Steven Moss.
According to Hughes, a series of events began late Wednesday night with an attempted traffic stop and ended with the escape early Thursday morning.
At 11:50 PM a deputy attempted a traffic stop in the area of Broadway and State Street on a 1992 GMC Sierra pickup that had an expired license plate. The driver, identified as Moss, did not stop and instead fled at a high rate of speed and a chase began.
The pursuit wound through numerous neigh borhoods in Salina before exiting town. It then went through portions of rural areas of Saline, Ottawa, Lincoln, and Ellsworth Counties.
Hughes says at one point Moss stopped in the area of Brookville and Ottawa Road. He backed up and rammed a Saline County Patrol unit before then again fleeing. As the pursuit approached Lincoln County Moss swerved the truck toward a Lincoln County deputy who was parked on the side of the road waiting to join the chase. The truck missed the patrol vehicle.
The chase eventually ended with an Ellsworth County Sheriff Deputy and a Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper taking Moss and a female passenger into custody. The passenger, identified as 27-year-old Shaylynn Koch, had outstanding municipal court warrants.
Anyone who knows the whereabouts of 37-year-old Steven Moss is asked to call 911 and report it. A tipster could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000 and can remain anonymous.
