A Haysville man has been arrested on a variety of charges including a weapons violation.
Zachary Province, 38, of Haysville was arrested following a police pursuit related to an attempted robbery in the 3200 block of E. Harry. Officers were called just before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday about a carjacking.
Officers contacted a woman, 59, who said two men attempted to rob her of her purse and steal her vehicle. She said that one of the men produced a handgun and threatened to shoot her.
The woman was able to get away and call 911, providing police with a description and tag number.
At around 3:30 p.m. officers located the suspect vehicle near Merton and Seneca. They attempted to stop the car, but it sped off. A pursuit continued until the suspect vehicle crashed into a stop sign at 31st and
Euclid, where the two men fled on foot.
The driver, identified as Province, was taken into custody. The other suspect has not been located. The vehicle that they were in was found to have been stolen.
Province booked into the Sedgwick County jail for an aggravated weapons violation, possession of paraphernalia, flee and elude, driving while suspended, Interference with law enforcement, and numerous traffic charges.
Province was also on parole through the Kansas Department of Corrections.
The case remains under investigation.
