A Milwaukee man was arrested following a high speed chase that started on Interstate 41 and ended in the city of Fond du Lac. It started at about 10:30pm Monday when a deputy attempted to stop a speeding vehicle on 41 near Highway 151. The chase continued on 151 and the vehicle exited on Highway 23 where the deputy conducted a pursuit intervention technique. The suspect vehicle began traveling westbound in the eastbound lane on Johnson St. into the City of Fond du Lac. The operator then pulled the vehicle into a parking lot of a nearby business and attempted to continue to elude Deputies and City of Fond du Lac Police Officers. Deputies observed the operator to throw a backpack out of his vehicle, which was later located. The vehicle continued over a curb and began travelling westbound on Johnson St. once again at a high rate of speed. City of Fond du Lac Police Officers were set up with tire deflation devices near National Avenue. After passing National Ave, the vehicle stopped in the roadway. The vehicle was observed to have two flat driver’s side tires. It is unknown if the tire deflation devices caused the tires to become deflated or if it was due to the suspect’s reckless driving behavior. The operator and lone occupant of the vehicle, a 24 year old Milwaukee man, was taken into custody without further incident. He is being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail on charges of Fleeing/Eluding an Officer, First Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety, multiple drug related charges and was issued multiple traffic citations.
