By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
Area law enforcement officers were busy over the weekend with a pair of high-speed pursuits that ended in arrests. Friday evening, 30-year-old Nathan Hillegeist was arrested outside Great Bend after an incident in Hoisington, according to Hoisington Chief of Police Kenton Doze.
"Officers responded to the possibility of a domestic," he said. "A car was leaving the area and it took off at a high rate of speed. What I found out was, it went in around Great Bend, and somewhere west of Great Bend they finally got the vehicle stopped and the subject arrested."
Hillegeist was booked into the Barton County jail on charges that include aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, fleeing and eluding, criminal damage, and multiple traffic offenses. Bond was set at $40,000.
Just after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 39-year-old Kyle Nelson eluded law enforcement after a disturbance at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned. That high-speed pursuit reached speeds well over 100 miles per hour as Nelson led officers along U.S. 56 Highway, down Railroad Avenue to Main Street in Great Bend, then east to K-156 Highway.
Nelson was eventually arrested near Holyrood. He was booked into the Barton County jail on charges that included felony flee and elude, reckless driving, driving while suspended, and multiple traffic offenses. He was released after posting a $5,000 surety bond.