Lutz
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The man arrested after a high-speed chase in Reno County last month appeared via video from the Reno County jail Friday morning where he was informed that the state has filed formal charges for that incident.
Scott Lutz is now charged with two alternate counts of felony flee and elude and misdemeanor theft. This case goes back to Oct. 8 when he led law enforcement on a high-speed chase which reached speeds of over 100 miles per hour, but was called off after Lutz passed a school bus and there were significant concerns for public safety. He was last seen around 108th and Halstead in extreme northeast Reno County. He was then thought to be in Ellsworth County, putting schools there on alert the next day.
On Oct. 12, Hutchinson police got information that Lutz was hiding in an attic of a residence located at 415 East B. Officers responded to the home and established verbal contact with him, but he refused to comply and soon set a small fire in the attic. With the assistance of the Hutchinson Fire Department and the Reno County Sheriff’s Office, officers gained access to the attic and placed Lutz into custody without incident.
The state has charged him with aggravated arson, interference with law enforcement and battery of a law enforcement officer.
Bond in the arson case is set at $172,500 and both cases will be before the court on Nov. 25.
Lutz has previous convictions here in Reno County for obstruction, unlawful manufacturing or attempting to manufacture meth, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of ephedrine, robbery and criminal damage to property. He also has a conviction for felony flee and elude for a case out of McPherson County and convictions from Russell County going back to 2008.