--- description: The 18-year-old says he simply wanted to flee from previous charges and "just went on a few high-speed chases." title: 'We Just Went On A Few High-Speed Chases' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00c8c8f2524e1a50/69877ae7cd6848d47709936f/rtr4lwap.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kentucky Teen Fugitive: 'We Just Went On a Few High-Speed Chases' by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 21, 2015 8:06 AM CUT  Dalton Hayes, 18, is shown in this Bay County Sheriff's Office booking photo released on January 18, 2015. Dalton Hayes, 18, is shown in this Bay County Sheriff's Office booking photo released on January 18, 2015.Bay County Sheriff's Office—Reuters by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 21, 2015 8:06 AM CUT Dalton Hayes, the 18-year-old Kentucky teen who allegedly stole a series of vehicles on his way to Florida with his 13-year-old girlfriend, [revealed](tucky-teen-run-girlfriend-regrets-stealing-cars-n289686 "undefined") from jail Monday that he had been attempting to reach Miami and escape prosecution in his home state, where he was charged with theft and burglary last year. Hayes will be extradited back to Kentucky and will face additional charges of burglary, criminal mischief and trespassing. Taking a bus would have been better, according to Hayes. “We just went on a few high-speed chases,” he said in an [interview](http://www.newsherald.com/news/crime-public-safety/accused-kentucky-fugitive-teen-opens-up-in-jailhouse-interview-1.426725?page=4 "undefined") with the _Panama City News Herald_. The pair disappeared on Jan. 3 and were arrested in Florida last Saturday after allegedly stealing trucks, one of which contained two guns, in a multi-state chase. \[[_NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/fugitive-kentucky-teen-run-girlfriend-regrets-stealing-cars-n289686 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3675778/kentucky-teen-fugitive-dalton-hayes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3675778/kentucky-teen-fugitive-dalton-hayes/"},"headline":"Kentucky Teen Fugitive: 'We Just Went On a Few High-Speed Chases'","datePublished":"2015-01-21T08:06:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:08:32.250Z","description":"Dalton Hayes plays down a two-week crime spree with his 13-year-old girlfriend","url":"https://time.com/3675778/kentucky-teen-fugitive-dalton-hayes/","keywords":["Crime","teenager","Kentucky"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00c8c8f2524e1a50/69877ae7cd6848d47709936f/rtr4lwap.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sabrina Toppa","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00c8c8f2524e1a50/69877ae7cd6848d47709936f/rtr4lwap.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dalton Hayes is shown in this Bay County Sheriff's Office booking photo","caption":"Dalton Hayes is shown in this Bay County Sheriff's Office booking photo","creditText":"Bay County Sheriff's Office—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3675778/kentucky-teen-fugitive-dalton-hayes/","name":"Kentucky Teen Fugitive: 'We Just Went On a Few High-Speed Chases'"}}]}] ```