What apparently began as a domestic dispute ended up as a high speed chase up and down the AA Highway Saturday and resulted in the arrest of a Vanceburg man.

Allen Bloomfield, 54, of Vanceburg, was allegedly seen chasing a brown Ford Explorer west on Ky. Rt. 8 near Quincy, while operating a Mazda pickup truck. Helen Bloomfield, 51, operated the Explorer. A juvenile male was a passenger in the Explorer, according to Lewis County Deputy Sheriff Mark Snedegar.

The Garrison Volunteer Fire Department had received a report of the chase and firefighter John Justice followed the vehicles as they turned onto the AA Highway headed toward Vanceburg, Snedegar said.

Snedegar met the two vehicles on the AA Highway near Town Branch Road, east of Vanceburg. He signaled for the two vehicles to pull over to the shoulder of the highway, which they did.

As Snedegar stopped his police cruise, Allen Bloomfield allegedly drove off at a high rate of speed toward Vanceburg. Snedegar said he began to chase the pickup at speeds of 80-90 mph.

At the intersection of Ky. Rt. 59 and the AA, Bloomfield allegedly slowed down and made a U-turn in the middle of the intersection.

"There were semis and other vehicles coming from all directions," said Snedegar.

The suspect headed back up the AA Highway, heading east. While driving parallel in the passing lane, Snedegar attempted to direct Bloomfield to pull the truck over, but he allegedly refused and swerved at Snedegar's vehicle several times, apparently attempting to force the cruiser out into oncoming traffic.

Bloomfield then allegedly made another U-turn in the middle of the AA Highway near the Grayson Spur exit. Snedegar chased Bloomfield for approximately 10 minutes within a four-mile stretch of the AA Highway.

As Bloomfield turned onto Fingerboard Road, the rear of his truck struck the front of the cruiser, damaging the hood and grill, Snedegar said.

Snedegar said he chased the pickup approximately 2.5 miles up the narrow, curvy road at extremely high rates of speed until Bloomfield pulled into the driveway of his residence.

Bloomfield exited his vehicle and headed for the house. Helen Bloomfield had told Deputy Jason Hill that weapons were present in the house. Hill relayed that information to Snedegar, who then pulled his weapon and was able to persuade Bloomfield to give up.

Bloomfield was charged with DUI 1st, fleeing/evading a police officer 1st, terroristic threatening 3rd, leaving the scene of an accident, criminal mischief 1st, possession of an open alcohol beverage, wanton endangerment on a police officer 1st, and two counts of wanton endangerment. Bloomfield was lodged in the Lewis County Detention Center without bond.

Named in the lawsuit were Sanford Howard; Trace Creek Construction Inc.; Trace Creek LLC; Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, Division of Real Property and Jack Morris as Director; and John and Jane Does, unknown individuals. The agreed order was signed March 30 by Circuit Judge Lewis D. Nicholls.

Stanley's suit had alleged a conspiracy by Howard, Trace Creek Construction Inc., Trace Creek KKC and unnamed others "to accomplish the wrongful termination of the real property lease.

The agreed order to dismiss the lawsuit with prejudice states that each party is responsible for their own costs and expenses associated with the suit. The suit cannot be filed again at a later date and there was no monetary consideration for the agreed order.

A motion to dismiss the portion of the suit filed against the Commonwealth of Kentucky was sustained by Judge Nicholls in November of last yea because the suit against the state would have had to have been filed in Franklin County Circuit Court.

Howard said, after being served a copy of the initial lawsuit, that the suit came as a complete surprise to him.

Howard said he was referring to Henry Wood Ray Keesee Jr. of Vanceburg.

In a statement made by Keesee on January 15, he claimed that, while he "was assisting Trace Creek Construction" in certain construction projects in late 2002 and early 2003, he allegedly had overheard telephone conversations by Howard and other employees of Trace Creek Construction, concerning the condition of Stanley's building that was being leased by the state.

Howard said that at the time of at least one conversation Keesee said he overheard, depositions had shown that Keesee was not working for Trace Creek Construction.

Howard said that numerous things about Keesee's past had brought his credibility into question. He said that searches of the Secretary of State's website and the archives of the Lexington Herald-Leader revealed considerable information.

Among those were numerous corporations, reportedly in bad standing, and several run-ins with the law.

Keesee said Saturday that he stands by what he earlier stated. "At my expenses I would take a polygraph [lie detector] test and would also pay for polygraph tests for Mr. Howard and the others."

Sheriff Bill Lewis said on of the incidents involved money missing from soft drink vending machines in the area.

He said that someone apparently has obtained keys to the vending machines and is opening the machines, removing the money and, possibly, product and then locking them back.

"Do not let anyone you know not know inside your house for any reason," he said. "If you have any questions about someone, get their name and the name of the company they are with, along with a telephone number. Tell them you will get back to them if you're interested."

Lewis noted that springtime is traditionally when the most incidents of thefts and scam artists are reported.