LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Louisville man was arrested after leading Kentucky State Police on a high-speed chase Thursday.
According to court documents, a KSP trooper was patrolling on Dixie Highway near the Gene Snyder Freeway in Louisville around 11:30 p.m. when he noticed a silver Chrysler 300 with expired registration. The trooper activated his lights and sirens to make a traffic stop, and the car pulled over.
When the trooper approached the car, he noticed a “strong and distinct odor of marijuana” and asked the man for his driver’s license. The man, 26-year-old Michael Murphy, replied “No,” driving off from the traffic stop at a high rate of speed…