Le Sueur officers search for driver who forced squad car into a ditch
By Dylan Thomas
Free Press Staff Writer
LE SUEUR — The man who fled in his vehicle from a Le Sueur police officer Friday night and later forced a Le Sueur County deputy's squad into a ditch is still being sought.
A Hispanic male in his late teens fled from an city police officer and a Le Sueur County deputy in a chase that began around 11 p.m. at a Le Sueur apartment parking lot, said Le Sueur police officer Kenny Mueller. The five-mile pursuit reached "excessive speeds," Mueller said.
Investigating a domestic disturbance call, a Le Sueur police officer spotted the suspect sitting in front of the apartment building in a late '80s or early '90s model light-colored Dodge Dakota. When the officer approached the car to speak with the suspect, the officer noticed the man had alcohol in his vehicle and was possibly intoxicated.
Mueller said the officer asked the suspect to step out of the vehicle and then reached in to remove the keys when the suspect refused. However, the suspect quickly pulled away with the officer still hanging out the window, he said. [emphasis mine]
Mueller said the officer dropped from the vehicle and, unhurt, took off in his squad car after the Dakota. However, he lost the suspect's vehicle soon after the chase left town heading east on County Road 115.
As the suspect turned north on County Road 152 in the direction of the Le Sueur Golf Course and then circled back west on County Road 26, a Le Sueur County deputy spotted the vehicle and picked up the chase.
However, the "fancy driver" - as Mueller described the suspect - eventually forced the deputy off County Road 26 and into the ditch, ending the chase.
People like this are a big reason I don't go out on Friday nights, at least not anyplace that involves driving.
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In other news...The Magic 8 Ball is up and running! Go pay it a visit. I'm going to tweak it a bit in the coming weeks, so it probably won't look the way it does today. I'm gonna post an entry soon, so if you get there and there are no entries, try back in half an hour or so.
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In other other news...here's an upcoming sporting event that's right up everyone's alley: The Inaugural Cincinnati Cornhole Classic.
"We are very excited to be hosting a cornhole tournament, one of Cincinnatians' favorite pastimes," said Matt Dunne, U.S. Bank Arena General Manager. "This event will be fun for both participants and spectators and we look forward to crowning a Cincinnati Cornhole Classic Champion."
Oh, behave, it's just a beanbag toss. [Still, I'm not sure it's a good idea to refer to any contest in this event as a "double elimination" tournament. That just sounds nasty.]
Must go, I have cornhole practice in half an hour.
same bitch time, same bitch channel...
Thought for the day: Ah, piss on it, I can't top a cornhole tournament and a cop hanging off some guy's car.
Posted by Frida Peeple at January 20, 2004 08:15 AM