College student looking to rebuild after thief steals her car, leading to police chase crash

THIS IS WLKY NEWS AT 11. GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH AND I’M RICK VAN HOOSE, THE VICTIM OF A CAR THEFT IN JEFFERSONTOWN SAYS THAT SHE’S SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT HER CAR ENDED UP IN A SOUTHERN INDIANA CAR CHASE WITH THE SUSPECT NOW IN JAIL. GLADYS BATTISTA IS LIVE FROM OUR NEWSROOM TONIGHT. GLADYS, YOU TALKED WITH A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO OWNS THAT CAR. WELL, VICKI HAYLEY HUTCHINS SAYS THE SUSPECT STOLE THE CAR WHILE SHE WAS GETTING LUNCH. SHE TELLS ME IT WAS JUST HOW BOWL THE CRIMINAL WAS THAT MADE THIS STORY VERY IRONIC. HALEY HUTCHINS, SINCE CAR WAS STOLEN JUST OVER A WEEK AGO FROM IN FRONT OF THIS, THE BROWN LINCOLN BAKER PARKWAY, SHE WANTED ALL UNFOLD. BUT YOU KNOW HOW THE THING GOES. KARMA CAN BE A JERK AT THE SAME TIME. LIKE, WHY FLIP ME OFF LIKE THAT? SO, LIKE, I DON’T KNOW, UNDER THE BELT THING, BUT THAT SUSPECT’S CRIMINAL JOYRIDE WOULD COME TO A PAINFUL END. ALL THINGS TO POLICE AND WLKY WINE CHOPPER HD. I GOT ON THE THE WLKY FACEBOOK PAGE AND THERE IT WAS. AND THERE WAS CHOPPER HD OVER THE SCENE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THE CONCLUSION OF A MILES LONG POLICE CHASE THAT ENDED IN FLOYD COUNTY WHEN HUDGENS HOPPED ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TO LOOK AT THE LIVESTREAM. SHE NOTICED SOMETHING INTERESTING. IT’S LIKE, HOLY --, THERE’S COP CARS EVERYWHERE AND IT’S FLIPPED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. MY BELONGINGS ARE ALL OVER THE THE GRASSY AREA THAT WAS THE END RESULT AFTER BRIAN MAYES LED HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE AFTER THEY SPOTTED HUTCHINSON’S STOLEN CAR FRIDAY MORNING AT THE WALMART IN JORDAN. DEPUTIES SAY MAYES TOOK OFF EVENTUALLY GETTING ON I-64 EAST BEFORE SIDE SWIPING ANOTHER CAR, CAUSING HUTCHINSON’S VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER SEVERAL TIMES. AND WALMART CAMERA WAS ROLLING. LIKE WHEN YOU ZOOMED IN FROM THE HELICOPTER STUFF. LIKE I SAW SOME OF MY BELONGINGS JUST LAYING THERE IN THE GRASS. IT’S JUST HEARTBREAKING. I WAS SHOCKED. LIKE I YOU NEVER WOULD THINK THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN. BUT NOW THAT IT HAS, SHE’S WITHOUT A CAR. AND MOST OF HER BELONGINGS. MAYES ADMITTED TO POLICE HE HAD USED FENTANYL. HUTCHINS KNOWS SHE CAN’T CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED. BUT JUST TO KNOW THAT HE FEELS BAD AND HE SAYS, SORRY LIKE THAT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER JUST BECAUSE IT FEELS SO. WHEN YOU FEEL SO HELPLESS, I FEEL LIKE THAT COULD DEFINITELY HELP LIFT MY SPIRITS A LITTLE BIT, BUT. WELL, TONIGHT WE DON’T KNOW IF HE HAS ANY REMORSE FOR WHAT HE DID. BUT WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU IS THAT MAYS IS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER TOTALING HUTCHINS CAR AS HE WAITS TO BE TAKEN TO JAIL TO FACE CHARGES. POLICE ALSO TELL US MAYES HAD TWO FELONY WARRANTS OUT OF KENTUCKY ALREADY. MEANWHILE, HUTCHINSON IS A FULL TIME WORKING COLLEGE STUDENT. SHE TELLS ME SHE SET UP A GO FUND ME ACCOUNT TO HELP HER GET ANOTHER CAR SO THAT SHE’S ABLE TO GET TO WORK AND SCHOOL. WE HAVE A LINK TO THAT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND WLKY AND I COME IN THE NEWSROOM FOR YOU TONIGHT. GLAD

The victim of a car theft in Jeffersontown said Friday she was shocked to see her car turn up involved in a southern Indiana police chase that ended in Floyd County. Haley Hutchins is a full-time college student and works full-time as well, saying she bought her black 2017 Ford focus when she was 18 and had it paid off by her 21st birthday, which was this year, but now she believes her hard work was in vain. Hutchins said her car was stolen from in front of the Subway on Blankenbaker Parkway on Aug. 3, while she was inside getting lunch. "You don't have to be a jerk at the same time, like my why flip me off," Hutchins said. "Like that's such an under-the-belt thing to do."The suspect's criminal joy ride came to an end Friday afternoon thanks to police and WLKY Chopper HD. "I got on the WLKY Facebook page and I was like, there it was," Hutchins said. "It's like holy crap, there's cop cars everywhere and it's flipped over on the side of the road. My belongings are over the grassy area. Like, when you zoomed in from the helicopter stuff, like, I saw some of my belongings just laying there in the grass it's just heartbreaking. I was shocked. You never think that something like that would happen."Harrison County Sheriff's Department has identified the driver as Bryan Mays. They said he had two active felony warrants out of Kentucky.Police said Mays fled from a Walmart parking lot in Corydon onto Highway 135 and then onto I-64. Detectives with the Criminal Interdiction Unit and HCSD deputies identified the stolen vehicle.Harrison County dispatchers made contact with the Floyd County Sheriff's Department to issue a stop stick. Police said Mays did not stop and then sideswiped another vehicle on I-64.They said that Mays' vehicle rolled several times and that people in the other vehicle had minor injuries. The victims were transported to UofL Hospital to be treated for their injuries. Mays told police he used fentanyl before the pursuit. Now Hutchins is without a car and most of her belongings. While she said she knows she cannot change what happens, there is one thing she hopes for. "Just to know that if he feels bad and he says sorry like that would make me feel a little bit better just because when you feel so hopeless I feel like that can definitely help lift my spirits a little bit," Hutchins said. Hutchins started a GoFundMe to help finance a new car, saying her car also had her rent money and other important documents. You can find it by clicking on this link.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

The victim of a car theft in Jeffersontown said Friday she was shocked to see her car turn up involved in a southern Indiana police chase that ended in Floyd County.

Haley Hutchins is a full-time college student and works full-time as well, saying she bought her black 2017 Ford focus when she was 18 and had it paid off by her 21st birthday, which was this year, but now she believes her hard work was in vain.

Hutchins said her car was stolen from in front of the Subway on Blankenbaker Parkway on Aug. 3, while she was inside getting lunch.

"You don't have to be a jerk at the same time, like my why flip me off," Hutchins said. "Like that's such an under-the-belt thing to do."

The suspect's criminal joy ride came to an end Friday afternoon thanks to police and WLKY Chopper HD.

"I got on the WLKY Facebook page and I was like, there it was," Hutchins said. "It's like holy crap, there's cop cars everywhere and it's flipped over on the side of the road. My belongings are over the grassy area. Like, when you zoomed in from the helicopter stuff, like, I saw some of my belongings just laying there in the grass it's just heartbreaking. I was shocked. You never think that something like that would happen."

Harrison County Sheriff's Department has identified the driver as Bryan Mays. They said he had two active felony warrants out of Kentucky.

Police said Mays fled from a Walmart parking lot in Corydon onto Highway 135 and then onto I-64. Detectives with the Criminal Interdiction Unit and HCSD deputies identified the stolen vehicle.

Harrison County dispatchers made contact with the Floyd County Sheriff's Department to issue a stop stick. Police said Mays did not stop and then sideswiped another vehicle on I-64.

They said that Mays' vehicle rolled several times and that people in the other vehicle had minor injuries. The victims were transported to UofL Hospital to be treated for their injuries.

Mays told police he used fentanyl before the pursuit.

Now Hutchins is without a car and most of her belongings. While she said she knows she cannot change what happens, there is one thing she hopes for.

"Just to know that if he feels bad and he says sorry like that would make me feel a little bit better just because when you feel so hopeless I feel like that can definitely help lift my spirits a little bit," Hutchins said.

Hutchins started a GoFundMe to help finance a new car, saying her car also had her rent money and other important documents. You can find it by clicking on this link.

College student looking to rebuild after thief steals her car, leading to police chase crash

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