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79 articlestagged “Pursuit”
A man is accused of attacking a 77-year-old resident in Albert Lea on Saturday afternoon, leaving the victim bleeding from the head in what police described as a random encounter. Officers with the Albert Lea Police Department responded to a home on Broadway Avenue South around 5:10 p.
A 45-year-old man who was already on probation for a felony conviction with conditions barring him from possessing firearms is facing six charges after leading Northfield police on a chase last week with a loaded handgun, a switchblade knife and about 130 rounds of ammunition in his pickup. Travis Edwin Namanny , of Northfield, was charged in Rice County District Court with felony fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle, gross misdemeanor possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, obstructing legal process, possession of a switchblade knife, possession of cannabis in a motor vehicle and violation of the open bottle law, according to the criminal complaint.
Authorities say two suspects took turns behind the wheel of a grey Mazda, fleeing from police in separate directions before both were eventually taken into custody.
Officials say the pursuit suspect was linked to a homicide investigation in Wisconsin, where charges have now been filed.
Documents say a Columbia Heights police officer on patrol saw Wallace Obey, 41, get into a vehicle and drive away despite knowing from prior encounters that his driving privileges were cancelled.
The driver fled in a stolen vehicle and crashed into two other vehicles, leaving multiple people seriously injured.
The incident started around 1 a.m. on Jan. 30 after a Ramsey County sheriff’s deputy on patrol observed a Mazda CX-7 traveling on Forest Street between Reaney and Minnehaha avenues.
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says federal agents were pursuing a vehicle just before 7 p.m. on Jan. 14 when the driver crashed into a snowbank on the 600 block of 24th Avenue North.
Giovanni Lisandro Suarez, 26, is charged with felony theft of a motor vehicle and felony fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle in connection with the incident, which unfolded on Jan. 12.
Prosecutors say he led deputies on an 11-mile pursuit through multiple cities before crashing and running from his vehicle near the Hugo City Hall, in Washington County, before being taken into custody.
Responding officers located a man suffering from a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later, MPD said.
Christ Hae, 24, of Saint Paul, and Han Do Wah, 19, of Woodbury, are each charged with felony possession of burglary or theft tools for the string of events that ended early Wednesday morning.
