A Clinton County man was arrested Friday afternoon after officers say he brandished a shotgun in their direction following a high speed chase.

According to Albany Police Department Chief Ernest Guffey, two officers placed Clinton County resident Barry Latham under arrest Friday afternoon after the incident began in Albany and concluded at the suspect’s home in the Cartwright Community.

In addition to the pursuit that reportedly reached speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, officers also struggled with Latham after reaching his home, and eventually had to subdue the suspect by means of a taser gun.

The incident began shortly after 4:00 p.m. Friday when Albany Police Officers Brad Cross and Ricky Marcum were monitoring traffic on Washington Street from a lot across the street from Monticello Banking Company’s Albany branch.

Guffey said that the officers witnessed a red camaro go by them at a high rate of speed, and they both began the pursuit at that point. The officers were in separate police cruisers throughout the incident, Guffey noted.

Guffey said that Officers Cross and Martin began their pursuit of Latham and that almost immediately after turning on their lights and sirens at the start of the chase, the suspect accelerated and continued to ignore them, traveling north on U.S. 127.

Guffey was alerted to the situation by the dispatchers on duty, and he noted that he began monitoring the situation on the radio.

Shortly after the chase began, and with authorities confident they knew the identity of the suspect being chased, Guffey said he made the decision to tell his officers to back off the pursuit before the situation ended in an accident.

“I asked the how fast they were going and Rick told me they were going 110 (miles per hour) plus, and I told them to back off,” Chief Guffey said. “Then what happened is when they backed off, he backed off as well.”

Guffey said that according to what the officers had reported to him about what followed that point during the chase and arrests, the officers continued to follow the suspect at a slower rate of speed until he turned off of Ky. 90 and onto the Cartwright Loop Road, then onto his private driveway.

It was at that point that the suspect left his vehicle and went into his residence.

“When he went into the house, he left the door open so Brad went in after him and he came toward him with a shotgun,” Guffey said. “Him and Brad started scuffling and he raised the shotgun up and Brad blocked it with his arm, and that’s when Rick (Marcum) tasered him.”

At that point, the officers informed the dispatchers that an ambulance was needed at the scene and that the suspect had been tasered.

Latham was examined and treated at the Clinton County Hospital, as was Officer Cross, who injured his arm when he blocked the shotgun from being raised in his direction during the scuffle.

“Brad thought he might have broken his arm, so we took him to the hospital too and had it checked out, but it turned out to be a bad bruise,” Guffey said.

Latham was arrested on several charges and lodged in the Clinton County Jail.

Among those charges resulting from Friday’s incident were: Wanton Endangerment (four counts), assault first degree, fleeing and evading, improper registration plates, reckless driving, dui, violation of an emergency protective order (three counts).

Guffey said that the investigation into the case was continuing and he expected that additional charges would be filed within the next few days.

At press time, Latham remained in the Clinton County Jail and was being held on a $40,000 cash only bond.