An 18-year-old Minneapolis man led Bloomington officers through stop signs and over sidewalks and the wrong way down a one-way street, switching off all of the vehicle’s lights in the dark to evade them, according to the complaint.
The pursuit began Oct. 26 when officers answered a call about two males using tools to try to get into a car in a parking lot. Officers later learned the car had visible damage to its door handle. When they arrived they saw the vehicle the two males were in and tried to stop it with emergency lights and sirens. The driver took off at a high rate of speed on a residential street.
The chase carried into neighboring cities. Officers ended it once a law enforcement helicopter could keep watch on the vehicle, the complaint says.
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Officers learned the driver had stopped the vehicle in an alley and that he, later identified as Gustavo Alexis Luna Solis, had run away on foot. Officers found him and arrested him, according to the complaint. It does not say what role, if any, he had in the report of the two males at the parked car.
Luna Solis is charged in Hennepin County District Court in a complaint filed Nov. 4 with two felonies. Attempted theft of a motor vehicle carries a listed maximum of half of five years in prison or a $10,000 fine or both. Fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle carries up to three years and one day or a $5,000 fine or both. A judge set bail at $50,000.
