Hopkinsville Police arrest Indiana man for fleeing in a stolen vehicle

Hopkinsville Police arrested 36-year-old Michael Ravenscroft of Indiana after he reportedly led law enforcement on a pursuit on a stolen UTV on Tuesday.

According to police, Ravenscroft was in the area of Jerry Claiborne Way operating a UTV that was stolen last week. Officers initiated a traffic stop, but Ravenscroft reportedly fled off of the roadway and through fields covered with snow and ice.

Ravenscroft also allegedly had two passengers in the vehicle that asked him to stop, but he refused to do so and ended up driving over the edge of an embankment on Lafayette Road.

He was charged with first-degree fleeing or evading police, first-degree wanton endangerment, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, receiving stolen property and operating a vehicle on a suspended license.