LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man accused of assaulting and disarming a Kentucky State trooper after running from a traffic stop in Nelson County early Friday morning was captured after an hours-long search. 

The incident started around 12:10 a.m. Friday, according to a news release from KSP. A state trooper tried to stop a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox on Clarkstown Road for a traffic violation, but the vehicle did not stop after the trooper activated his emergency equipment.

The driver of the vehicle — identified as 31-year-old Dustin M. Thompson — continued to flee with the trooper in pursuit. As the chase continued onto Sulphur Lick Road in Marion County, the road ended, and Thompson jumped out of the vehicle and ran into a wooded area with the trooper chasing him on foot.

KSP says the trooper caught up with Thompson but was assaulted, strangled and disarmed. Thompson then ran from the immediate area. 

The trooper was taken to the hospital, where he was treated and released. 

Thompson is facing the following charges: strangulation, assault of a police officer, disarming a peace officer, and theft by unlawful taking (firearm). 

James Lucas lives on the property where the chase ended. He described the area as, normally, pretty peaceful. "I mean, everybody usually gets along pretty good, and everybody's usually really nice out here," he said. 

Friday was the exception. 

"We heard the siren go by and him hit the gravel," Lucas said. "And then it was like 10 to 15 minutes and there was a swarm of cops out here. Next thing I know, about 30 minutes later, there's cops all the way up and down the road."

Lucas said police told him and other neighbors to stay inside. "They told us to keep the doors locked and all that."

Lucas said Thompson is "one of the neighbors down here. Which, we didn't have any problems out of him, but we know he's been in trouble before."

Court records show Thompson lives on Sulphur Lick Road near where the pursuit ended. Police blocked the entrance to the driveway of his home for most of the day Friday.

Records also showed Thompson pleaded guilty to assault in a different case in Nelson County in 2014.

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