Canada - Manhunt suspect caught early Friday morning

OFF THE WIRE
BY: Chris Quay
 courier-journal.com
A man who was the object of a manhunt that began Thursday evening after he fled when officers attempted to pull over his truck, was caught early Friday in southwest Jefferson County.
Kenneth Wayne Kee, 34, of Louisville, was found at a residence in the 16000 block of Abbotts Beach Road off of Dixie Highway about 4:45 a.m. Friday and taken into custody without incident, said Alicia Smiley, a Louisville Metro Police spokeswoman.
He has been charged with first-degree fleeing and evading, and wanton endangerment in the incident. There also was a warrant out for his arrest on a charge of receiving stolen property over $10,000.
Kee was spotted during surveillance of a home in the 8200 block of Virginia Road in Pleasure Ridge Park about 5:45 p.m. Thursday and then left the residence in a Ford F-350, Smiley said.
Police would not elaborate Friday about why the house on Virginia Road was under surveillance.
When officers tried to pull over the truck, which allegedly was stolen from Clarksville, Ind., the vehicle went eastbound on West Pages Lane and then headed south on Dixie Highway leading officers in a low-speed pursuit that ended when the truck turned onto Stites Station Road.
Police said shortly after that, Kee and a passenger, identified as Janna Chandler, 30, of Floyds Knobs, Ind., fled on foot into a wooded area, Smiley said.
Metro police air and K-9 units, as well as authorities from Bullitt County, state police and the U.S. Army Department of Defense from Fort Knox, were called to assist in the search.
Chandler was taken into custody by the K-9 unit and suffered a K-9 dog bite and abrasions from fleeing through some brush, police said. She was taken to University Hospital. She has been charged with second-degree fleeing and evading, receiving stolen property over $10,000 and criminal mischief, Smiley said.
Officers searched for Kee into Friday morning until he was caught at the Abbotts Beach residence near the Jefferson-Hardin county line.
The home had been damaged by recent flooding and was vacant, Smiley said. An officer noticed the door was open and the lights were on and decided to search the residence, Smiley said.
Kee was one of 12 people indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2004 on conspiracy to distribute more than 50 kilograms of marijuana, according to U.S. District Court records in New Albany.
The indictment alleged that Kee was involved in a drug ring which had marijuana shipped from the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in British Columbia, Canada, through Indianapolis and then to distributors in Floyds Knobs, according to the indictment.
Kee pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 49 months in jail, according to court records.
Reporter Chris Quay can be reached at (502) 582-4241.