Graves County, Ky.–A Tennessee woman has been charged with attempted murder of a police officer–and a long list of other charges–after a pursuit Friday afternoon in Graves County, Kentucky.
Hope Endsley, age 24, of Sardis, is also charged with fleeing and evading police, four counts wanton endangerment, driving a stolen car, reckless driving, DUI first offense with aggravating circumstances, giving police false identifying information, possession of meth, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal mischief, driving on a suspended license and speeding. She was also charged with being a fugitive from justice out of Decatur County, Tenn.
The incident began at approximately 3:40 PM, when Graves County Sgt. Dale Mason and Captain Jeremy Prince were dispatched to a reckless driver on Interstate 69 near the Marshall County line.
A motorist reported that a Chevrolet Camaro, southbound on Interstate 69, was driving recklessly and had also pointed what appeared to be a handgun out the window at the caller.
Sgt. Mason was able to locate the vehicle on Instate 69 just north of US 45. Sgt. Mason attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle. The Camaro exited off of Interstate 69 and turned northbound on US 45. At that time, the driver of the Camaro refused to stop and accelerated to a high rate of speed. Sgt. Mason began to pursue the vehicle and was joined shortly by Captain Prince.
The vehicle continued northbound on US 45 at varying speeds while weaving in and out of traffic. Troopers with the Kentucky State Police (KSP) deployed tire deflation devices in front of the vehicle on US 45 North in front of the Kentucky State Police Post 1. The operator of the Camaro swerved at two troopers who were near the shoulder of US 45 North and then cut across the median and began traveling southbound on US 45.
The Camaro accelerated to a high rate of speed again. Just north of the intersection of Hickory Road on US 45, heavy traffic slowed the vehicle to a safe speed where deputies attempted to box the vehicle in. At that time, the Camaro intentionally came into contact with the driver’s side of Captain Jeremy Prince’s vehicle. The impact caused the Camaro to run off of the shoulder of US 45 and come back out on Hickory Road. At that time, KSP took the lead in the pursuit as it continued on Hickory Road until the vehicle turned onto Carter Road.
The Camaro traveled on Carter Road to Huie Lane and then turned northbound on KY 440. The Camaro then made a quick turn onto KY 945 and proceeded across KY 121 North to New Hope Church Road. The pursuit ended after the Camaro turned onto Geneva Drive, which is a dead end road. The vehicle traveled around a house at the end of Geneva Drive and stopped when impacting with a propane tank in the yard at that residence.
The driver, Hope A. Endsley, 24 of Sardis, Tennessee, was taken into custody without incident. After field sobriety testing, Endsley was determined to be under the influence of a controlled substance. Numerous items of drug paraphernalia as well as methamphetamine were found in the vehicle after a search. The vehicle Endsley was driving, a yellow 2010 Transformer edition Chevrolet Camaro, was determined to be stolen out of Decatur County , Tennessee.
Endsley was lodged in the Graves County Jail.
Endsley was also charged with being a fugitive from justice on a charge of theft of property over $10,000 and failure to appear on a methamphetamine charge out of Decatur County, Tennessee.
The Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the person who called 911 reporting this vehicle driving recklessly. Because of this call we were able to get a dangerous and impaired driver off of the roadway.
Sheriff Jon Hayden, Deputy Zac Smith and Detective Snapper Seaton as well as several KSP Troopers assisted Sgt. Mason and Captain Prince with this pursuit and arrest.