Ky. State Police Trooper Attacked, Disarmed During Chase

A Kentucky State Police trooper was trying to pull over a vehicle in Nelson and Marion counties when the driver jumped from the car and fled on foot before attacking the trooper, who chased after him.

By Bill Estep

Source Lexington Herald-Leader

June 7, 2024

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A man was charged Friday with assaulting a Kentucky State Police trooper and taking the officer’s gun.

The trooper was treated at a hospital and released. State police did not release the officer’s name.

The incident happened just after midnight in Nelson County. The trooper tried to stop a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox for a traffic violation, but the driver allegedly didn’t stop.

The trooper pursued the driver until the road reached a dead end and the driver ran into some woods, according to a news release.

When the trooper caught up with the suspect, the man allegedly assaulted the trooper and fled.

State police obtained a warrant charging Dustin M. Thompson, 31 of New Hope, with first-degree assault, first-degree strangulation, disarming a police officer and theft of a firearm, according to the release.

State police did not immediately find Thompson and cautioned people against approaching him because he was considered dangerous, but said in a later release that he had been found and arrested.

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