Motorcylist leads Natchitoches deputies on 40-mile chase

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A motorcyclist clocked at 102 mph in a 75 mph zone Sunday led police on a 40-mile pursuit before he was captured in Cloutierville, according to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office.

Natchitoches Lt. Benjie Phelps was patrolling on Interstate 49, just south of Natchitoches, around 4:10 p.m. when he clocked 20-year-old Kyle Damian Futch on his 2005 Yamaha RX1. Phelps tried to stop Futch, but Futch wouldn't pull over.

Louisiana State Police joined the chase, which left I-49 as Futch drove onto La. Highway 6 West into Natchitoches. He traveled around the bypass and to Natchez, where he circled a church and traveled back toward Natchitoches. Once in Natchitoches, he traveled down Rapides Drive to Jefferson Street to Keyzer Avenue before hitting South Drive.

From there, he got onto La. Highway 1 South and reached speeds of 130 mph as he ran through the communities of Natchez, Cypress, Montrose and Derry, reads the release.

Once he got into Cloutierville, he was stopped on La. Highway 491 near Canal Road and was arrested.

"During a search of a backpack on the suspect, deputies seized suspected narcotic pills," reads the release.

Futch, 20, of Church Point, was booked into the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center, charged with speeding, careless and reckless operation of a vehicle, aggravated flight from an officer and possession of a controlled dangerous substance II.

In addition to those charges, a hold was placed on Futch by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office because of an "ongoing criminal investigation in Lafayette Parish."

Futch told deputies that he had been traveling to Natchitoches, according to the release.

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