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SAFETY ALERT ISSUED DURING POLICE CHASE

(Wayne County, IN)--A safety alert from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department was issued late Tuesday night to residents in the Jacksonburg area.  That alert was the result of a police chase on I-70.  An eastbound vehicle exited 70 at State Road 1 and then headed east toward Jacksonburg.  An occupant who was thought to be armed bailed out and fled on foot.  A state police helicopter searched the area and helped locate the person, who was found hiding inside a barn.  The alert was lifted at just before midnight.  There’s no word on the person’s identity or what led to the chase.