Upper Peninsula police make arrest after high-speed chase on I-75. What we know

A 32-year-old man suspected in a “robust arms” theft was arrested on Friday, September 19, after he had led the Higher Peninsula police for a fast chase of 70 miles that resulted in St. Ignace.

The person was housed within the Correctional Facility of Chippewa County after his arrest, stated Sheriff’s Workplace of Chippewa County. It’s unclear whether or not the person has been formally charged or with what prices he may be confronted.

The Sheriff’s Workplace of Chippewa County stated the incident began with a reported stolen car in Sult Ste. Marie, Michigan.

Sault Ste. Marie Police, who dealt with the primary investigation, gave an outline of the car, together with a license, to different businesses.

The police stated that the person who was suspected of stealing the car was additionally a suspect in a theft and so they believed that he was armed with an “assault rifle”.

“The suspect was additionally described as a type of psychological episode,” stated the discharge.

A short while later, the car was within the Rudyard space, about midway between Sult Ste. Marie and St. Ignace and Chippewa County Sheriff’s Workplace Delegates tried a site visitors cease, however the driver fled, the discharge stated.

Two Sheriff’s Workplace Patrol items try for the car from Chippewa County to Mackinac County, the place a number of businesses helped. The car reached speeds of 124 mph on the Interstate 75, the discharge stated.

“Happily, the site visitors in these areas was normally very gentle,” stated the discharge. “The pursuit lasted greater than 70 miles. As a result of speedy hazard for himself and the general public, the chase continued and the suspect was lastly arrested within the St. Ignace space.”

Along with the delegates of Chippewa County, the Mackinac County Sheriff’s Workplace, Bay Mills Police, Sult Tribe Police, Michigan State Police, Chippewa County Central Dispatch and St. Ignace Police participated within the incident.