Police pursue suspect leading to road and bridge closure, Paintsville KY

Traffic

Reported: 9/23/2025 12:18 PM

College St & Main St, Paintsville, KY 41240

Police pursued a subject attempting to escape near Main Street and College Street intersection. The search and arrest focused on an apartment above the old jewelry store. The bridge in the area was closed during the incident to ensure public safety and support the operation.

Audio|Source: Johnson County / Paintsville Police, Fire, EMS

04:32

Transcript:

00:00

Mobile has a Mormon subject. He's trying to run on me.

00:03

Maine and college.

00:07

Two three-twenty.

00:12

Amplea for two things.

00:16

Okay.

00:21

1520.

00:23

Four, 14, five, following around 4.5. 155.

00:27

1520.

00:32

What's your team 20?

00:44

What's your 1020?

00:54

C-4. C-4.

00:59

I got 4-02 foot-for-foods forming subject,

01:03

Maine in college,

01:05

to be announced to the kids.

01:09

New 4. Which way are you going?

01:14

You go?

01:16

Mania, that they'll be.

01:19

1521.

01:20

How are you guys about 16-minute EPS.

01:33

402, what's your 1020?

01:37

The apartment's above old jewelry store right now.

01:42

Campbell.

01:46

There's the apartment above the old jewelry store, okay?

01:55

Four, four, ten, four, ten, four, ten, four, ten, ten.

02:05

Fourteen is at the apartment's roadway up to all your school.

02:09

Four fourteen is secure my cruisers.

02:16

Oh, there is.

02:21

I'm going to say something like that's it.

02:29

Stop, 1523.

02:35

Area back 16, Unit 300, Johnson County Fire.

02:43

Go ahead, 16.

02:46

Go ahead, 16.

02:47

We're in about four to five minutes there and we'll have the bridge shut down, are you?

03:03

Okay, one 16 copies, thank you sir.

03:09

We get a shut down there, I advise, any need come on in Atlanta.

03:32

03:40

Got it.

03:56

Four, two, ten-four.

04:01

Yeah, we're ten-four, I want in custody.

04:05

Ten-four, what's your point?

04:07

Main Street, Crown O six-o-sixtham.

04:11

Two.

04:22

He copy 116 there. We've got the bridge shut down here if you want to come on in land.

04:30

116, good, copy here we come.

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