Police initially responded to a house fire but learned it was intentionally setwhich led to the pursuit of a 24-year-old suspect on Friday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man is behind bars after a police pursuit that ended with a multi-vehicle crash in western Kentucky.
The incident happened around 7:18 a.m. Friday when deputies from the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office were called to a fire at a home on Almyra Avenue in Paducah.
Deputies said when they arrived, they learned the fire was intentionally set by 24-year-old Noah Driver who used some type of “homemade incendiary device” after he choked a woman who was also in inside the home.
The woman was able to get away from Driver and others who were inside the home got out unharmed. Police did say a dog died in the fire.
Driver stole a vehicle belonging to someone at the home and was being …