Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Kort Leads law enforcement on High Speed Chase, Again!
What might have ended with a traffic ticket for failure to stop at a stop sign turned into something much more after State Patrol officers assisted by County law enforcement personnel ended up in a high speed chase that crossed county lines.
Jeffery D. Kort, 22, of Blue Hill was apprehended by law enforcement at the residence of Ken Kort following the high speed chase. Kort was observed failing to stop at several stop signs and driving left of center. After he failed to stop at a stop sign and refused to stop when signal by a State Patrol officer several law enforcement vehicles pursued him for several miles before the chase ended with Kort being taken into custody at gun point. Arresting officer Monte Dart reported that he detected an odor of alcohol from Kort.
Operating a vehicle to avoid arrest is a Class 4 felony punishable by up to five years imprisonment and $10,000 fine.
Kort is scheduled to appear in Adams County Court on November 6 for a hearing on the incident.
This is not the first time Law enforcement has been involved in a high speed case with Kort. July 26, following Adams Co. Fairfest Hastings Police choose not to apprehend Kort when he fled for officer safety reasons. “When a pursuit becomes more dangerous than it would be worth, you just terminate that pursuit.” said Sgt. Bill Mann at the time.
The reason for not apprehending Kort at that time included excessive speed, other traffic on the road and visibility. The chase can also be terminated when the driver has been identified.
A felony warrant for operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest was issued for Kort in July. He was arrested and is scheduled to stand trial for that offense. A preliminary hearing on the matter (CR090000823) is scheduled for December 22, 2009.
Jeffery D. Kort is scheduled to appear in Adams County Court November 6th at 9 am to answer to the latest charges (CR090001094).
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8 comments:
Jeff Kort for city Council!!!
This is just the type of leadership we need.
We all have our county Attorney to thank for this, his lack of prosecution in the past has led this fool to think he is invincible, along with the protection he gets in Blue Hill. But when Andy Alber tried to protect the people of Blue Hill from his criminal attacks (by seeking a restraining order)he was labeled a trouble maker. I hope you will all be happy when he kill some innocent person during one of these chases. Those of you who protect him should be ashamed of yourselves, you are a disgrace!
When will something be done about him??????????
A third comment on this post was rejected due to vulgar language. The comment expressed a different view point than either of the previous two. If the anonymous poster would like to try to resubmit the comment again without the fowl language, the submission could be published.
How can the "third comment" not be approved but these can? I think it is a metter of "peronal opinion" of what comments are approved and which ones are not. Here is what the "third comment" said...This is supposed to be a community blog, not a blog where we complain about those we do not like in the community. If we are going to start posting indivduals that get in trouble with the law, then post them all, not just the ones we prefer to post. I am a former Blue Hill resident and have had thoughts about moving back to the community and raising a family there. But once checking this blog out have entirely changed my mind. Is this what a "community blog" is about? Is this how we bring in potential residents? Is this how we post things about our mayor (referring to the most recent post)? Any potential resident that reads this blog will definitely change their mind about moving to this community. I do not see anything on this blog about upcoming events, fundraisers, etc. Half of the houses you have listed for sale are sold. Really? Maybe we should rethink the idea of a community blog and just jump right to a blog regarding everything we can possibly think of to complain about.
I would like to commend the staff of Blue Hill Today on there courage. It is good that we have a news media that is not scared to tell the truth about the news events around our community. People of the area have a right to know what type of activities can be expected, even if the activities include criminal behavior. Many of us around the area could hear the sirens or watch as the chase went on. It is good to have a media outlet that is willing to let us know what was going on. I also hope that the public will be informed as the case goes forward. We all (as law abiding citizens) should want to make sure this type of behavior is stopped.
This is exactly the type of coverage that our local paper refuses to publish. The Hastings Tribune did report the chase that occurred during the Adams county fair, but when crime is committed in Blue Hill it is swept under the rug. I guess the Blue Hill Leader thinks it’s readers should not know about the criminal element in town. It is news and should be reported just as it is reported when the great thing happen. You can not make a community better by hiding the truth. You can only improve if you are well educated and informed.
Thank you and please keep us informed
Rumor is that bond was set at $7000. Let’s hope that will keep him for a wile.
The Hastings Tribune must be another community paper that is not aware that they are not supposed to say anything when a Kort breaks the law. They have shown no respect by putting an article in the paper about the criminal acts of Jeff. "HOW DARE THEY" do they not understand who they are dealing with?? That is not what a news paper is for. I am outraged.
Anybody have any idea how court turned out this morning in Hastings for this case?????
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