Kentucky pursuit ends with arrests in Indiana

Troopers with the Indiana State Police (ISP) and deputies with the Clark County Sheriff's Department assisted the Kentucky State Police (KSP) in a pursuit that crossed state lines early Thursday morning, April 28.  

Around 1 a.m. Thursday, KSP officers advised they were in pursuit of a vehicle involved with an armed kidnapping. It was believed a female passenger in the car was being kidnapped or held without her consent.  The pursuit started around the 117 mile-marker on I-65 in Kentucky and was travelling northbound towards Indiana. Officers from ISP, Clark County police, Jeffersonville PD and Clarksville PD, were standing by to assist as the pursuit crossed over the Ohio River and into Indiana.  

The pursuit continued north on I-65 before exiting at exit 7 (Salem exit) and travelling on State Road 60 a short distance before turning north on US 31. The pursuit continued north on US31 and the suspect vehicle, a 2006 Toyota passenger car, struck stop sticks deployed by ISP Trooper Jared Ferguson south of Henryville. The Toyota continued north into Henryville before turning onto a dead-end road where officers were able to block the car in. By the end of the pursuit, all four tires had been flattened by tire deflations devices.  

The driver, 40-year-old Jordan W. Rummage, of New Albany, Indiana was taken into custody without further incident. ISP Trooper Tom Basham arrested Rummage for Criminal Confinement, Resisting Law Enforcement with a Vehicle, and Possession of Marijuana.  

The passenger, 40-year-old Nichole Pearce of Louisville, Kentucky was also taken into custody on an outstanding warrant from Clark County, Indiana.  

No weapon was located in the car or on either subject, and no individuals or property was damaged during the pursuit.  It is believed both subjects in the car were boyfriend and girlfriend. 

Both subjects were transported to the Clark County Jail.  

The Kentucky State Police will investigate and handle any charges in Kentucky.