(24/7 News) -- A man is in custody after leading officers on a high-speed chase in a stolen van from Meals-on-Wheels. The Fayette County Sheriff's Department reports that they received a call about a person removing license plates from the van at a gas station on U.S. 35.
Officials say they arrested 41-year old Franklin Scales the Third after a pursuit up and down I-71. Scales was taken to the Fayette County Jail and is being charged with felonious assault, fleeing police, receiving stolen property, and driving under suspicion.