Pursuit Suspect Identified

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ELIZABETHTOWN (09/03/24) – Kentucky State Police have released the identity of the suspect who led them on a three-county pursuit over the weekend. 31-year-old Joshua Arledge of Louisville is lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center on charges including fleeing or evading police, wanton endangerment, theft and criminal mischief after being released from University of Louisville Hospital for ingesting heroin. Arledge led authorities from Nelson into Hardin County in a stolen vehicle, later abandoning it and taking a semi before being arrested in Bullitt County.