HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Wichita woman is jailed in Reno County on potential drug and traffic charges.
Hutchinson police arrested 30-year-old Nichole Chaffin around 12:30 Tuesday morning. According to law enforcement, a car Chaffin was in was stopped for a traffic violation near 4th and Plum. As Chaffin was asked to get out of the vehicle, she jumped into the driver's seat and took off at a high rate of speed. The chase ended when Chaffin struck four parked vehicles in the 600 block of North Pershing. She was taken to the hospital, then to the Reno County Correctional Facility.
Chaffin faces possible charges of felony flee and elude, possession of meth and drug paraphernalia, felony interference with law enforcement, DUI and driving while suspended.
Chaffin is also wanted on a failure to appear warrant out of Meade County. Her bond has been set at $19,500.
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