Victor Gutierrez
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The 26-year-old man arrested here in Reno County after a high-speed chase because of his suspected involvement with a murder in Ford County is expected to face trial this week.
Victor Gutierrez is charged with criminal possession of a firearm, felony flee and elude and possession of cocaine. He allegedly led law enforcement here in a high-speed chase with speeds as high as 150 miles per hour. The chase ended at U.S. 50 and Mayfield Rd. east of Hutchinson, where he pulled over and was taken into custody without incident.
In addition to the murder charge in Ford County, Guttierrez is also charged with aggravated endangerment of a child, criminal possession of a firearm by a felon and defacing identification marks of a firearm. The charges in Ford County come after police there responded to a home back on Sept. 23, 2014 and found 30-year-old Natasha Pruitt dead of a gun shot wound.
Again the trial in the local case is expected to begin this week.