A person is in custody and going through prison costs after crashing right into a Lake County Sheriff patrol automobile throughout a pursuit in a stolen SUV Wednesday afternoon.
A Lake County Police officer at round 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 1 tried a site visitors cease on a Honda Pilot flagged by a license plate reader at 61st Avenue and Marcella Boulevard in Hobart as stolen, Sheriff’s Spokeswoman Pamela Jones mentioned in a launch Wednesday night. The driving force backed into the police officer’s patrol car and headed down 61st Avenue towards Interstate 65 North, she mentioned.
As a number of police items joined within the pursuit, the fleeing driver hit a patrol car trying to cease him a second time on I-65 and ultimately exited onto eastbound Ridge Street, Jones mentioned. One other officer carried out a precision immobilization approach to cease the SUV, which struck a parked pickup truck and eventually stopped.
Nobody was harm however two police patrol items had been broken, Jones mentioned.
The suspect is going through pending prison costs which may embody auto theft, fleeing legislation enforcement, battery with a lethal weapon and reckless driving. The incident stays below investigation, Jones mentioned.
Michelle L. Quinn is a contract reporter for the Publish-Tribune.
