Lutz
HUTCHINSON. Kan. — The man wanted on numerous warrants following a high speed chase in Reno County last week has been taken into custody.
Hutchinson Police received information that Scott Lutz was hiding in an attic of a residence located at 415 East Ave. B.
Lutz was wanted for several felony warrants and had eluded law enforcement officers more than once over the last few days in Hutchinson and surrounding jurisdictions. Lutz is also under investigation regarding auto theft.
Officers responded to the home at 415 East Ave. B and initially established verbal contact with Lutz in the attic of the residence. He refused to comply with the officers and soon set a small fire in the attic. With the assistance of the Hutchinson Fire Department and the Reno County Sheriff’s Department Officers gained access to the attic and placed Lutz into custody without incident. Lutz was transported to the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for minor cuts and scrapes.
Pending release from the hospital, Lutz will be placed in the Reno County Detention Center on several warrants along with 5 counts of Aggravated Arson and Felony Interference of a Law Enforcement Officer.
Other agencies that assisted our officers with this incident were the Kansas Highway Patrol, South Hutchinson Police Department, Reno County Sheriff’s Department, Hutchinson Fire Department and Reno County EMS.
Law enforcement had been searching for Lutz ever since he lead them on a high speed chase through the county last Wednesday. The stolen truck he was driving was later found in Ellsworth forcing schools there to go on a heighten state of alert Thursday morning.
At the time of the chase, Lutz had indicated that he would not be taken alive by law enforcement.