NEW KEN POLICE APPREHEND MAN AFTER CAR CHASE

Police in New Kensington arrested a man after a chase Friday night.  The Trib reports that 25-year-old Leonard Hayden, Jr. of New Kensington was allegedly behind the wheel in a chase that started after police arrived at a home on Haser Drive for a reported domestic dispute.  He fled the scene before police got there, but returned to the scene and then sped up, nearly missing a head-on collision with a police cruiser.  The car chase ended in a wooded area near Dent Drive behind the structure.  Bail was denied in his case and he was lodged in Westmoreland County Jail to await a preliminary hearing on December 11th.