On Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 3:19pmET, Campbellsville Police Officer Jacob Hedgespeth received a complaint of a shoplifter at Walmart. As Officer Hedgespeth was responding to Walmart, he met the suspect’s vehicle on Kentucky 210 at Green River Plaza. As the officer attempted to stop the vehicle, the suspect fled at a high rate of speed. Following a short pursuit, the suspect (32-year-old Alexandro Reyes of Campbellsville, KY) wrecked his vehicle on Old Greensburg Road. Reyes then accelerated in an attempt to continue to elude and struck Officer Hedgespeth’s patrol vehicle.
Reyes was then taken into custody with the assistance of the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office. He was charged with Speeding, Driving on a DUI Suspended License, Fleeing or Evading Police 1st degree (Motor Vehicle), Criminal Mischief 1st degree, and Wanton Endangerment 1st degree (Police Officer). Reyes was lodged in the Taylor County Detention Center.
