2 arrested after high-speed police pursuit in Glasgow, police say

GLASGOW, Ky. – Two from Glasgow were arrested and charged after an allegedly leading police on a high-speed pursuit.

Public Information Officer Johnny Vance says an officer observed a vehicle behind the Big Lots Shopping Center before it left the area and traveled west on Happy Valley Road on Sunday at approximately 10:59 p.m.

The officer says the vehicle was driving recklessly and began speeding to avoid officers. The officer initiated a traffic stop and the vehicle continued driving at approximately 100 mph while passing other motorists.

Vance says the vehicle continued into Cave City, where it overheated and stopped.

The officer identified the driver as 31-year-old Johnathan Tyler Meadows of Glasgow. The passenger was identified as 41-year-old Jacqueline Meadows of Glasgow.

Vance says Johnathan Tyler Meadows was given standardized field sobriety tests and Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) tests and was found to be under the influence.

Johnathan Tyler Meadows allegedly possessed a black plastic marker cap that contained suspected residual methamphetamine.

Jacqueline Meadows allegedly told the officer that she and Jonathan had smoked methamphetamine at approximately 10 p.m. She allegedly told the officer that she asked Jonathan “to stop the vehicle and let her out.” She said “she was screaming and throwing things inside the vehicle to get him to stop.”

Johnathan Tyler Meadows was arrested and charged with speeding 26 mph over the limit, fleeing or evading police in the first degree (motor vehicle), reckless driving, possession of drug paraphernalia, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance in the first degree, unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, failure of a non-owner operator to maintain required insurance (first offense), no operator’s license and wanton endangerment in the first degree (police officer).

Jacqueline Meadows was arrested and charged with public intoxication – controlled substance (excludes alcohol).

Both were lodged at the Barren County Detention Center.

Jacqueline Meadows has since been released on bond.

The investigation is ongoing.