12/1/22 FDL Stolen Vehicle Pursuit
1 December 2022 News
Fond du Lac Police got involved in pursuing a stolen vehicle from the Menasha area Tuesday night. An officer spotted the stolen SUV in the area of Interstate 41 and South Military Road and tried to initiate a traffic stop. But the vehicle reached speeds of 90 miles an hour as it entered the city. It struck an occupied vehicle but the occupants weren’t hurt. The stolen vehicle stopped in the 100 block of Western Avenue where the two occupants got out and fled on foot. At one point they entered the east branch of the Fond du Lac River before they were caught. A 19-year-old Eau Claire man that was driving the SUV and a passenger, a 25-year-old Neenah man are being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail on a number of charges and both were also placed in the jail on probation holds. One of suspects was treated at St. Agnes Hospital for cold water exposure from jumping into the river.
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