A chase leads to the arrest of a teenager.
It was about 11:30 on Friday night, The Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call from Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office advising that the Bloomer PD Officer was in a pursuit on Hwy 53 near the Barron County Line. Before the vehicle entered our county the Bloomer PD terminated the pursuit.
A Barron County Deputy just south of Chetek on Hwy 53 clocked a vehicle at 93 mph. A chase ensued with speeds between 80-100mph for about 5 miles before the suspect went into the ditch just south of Dallas on County Road S.
18 year old Dalton Johnson of Chippewa Falls. He is being held in the Barron County Jail on charges of Felony Fleeing, Possession of Drug
Paraphernalia and Possession of Marijuana. The Barron and Chetek Police
Departments assisted our department with this incident.
This was the same
vehicle that the Bloomer PD had attempted to stop.
