KRS 440.280: Arrest may be made without warrant -- Conditions -- Procedure.

The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person,

without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the

courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term ex ceeding

one (1) year, but when so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge with all

practicable speed and complaint must be made against him under oath setting forth the

ground for the arrest as in the preceding section; and thereafter his answer shall be heard

as if he had been arrested on a warrant.