MONROE COUNTY, Mich. – A fleeing driver from Kentucky has been arrested in Monroe County after leading police on a 106mph pursuit.
Officials said the pursuit began in Berlin Township and ended in Frenchtown Township on March 10 at 1:24 a.m.
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Police said they were running a radar on southbound I-75 near S. Huron River Drive when they observed a Nissan Sentra traveling at 106mph.
Officials said they attempted to initiate a traffic stop on the vehicle when the driver accelerated to a higher rate of speed and refused to stop.
Police said they pursued the driver southbound on I-75 at varying speeds when they deployed stop sticks on the suspect vehicle on southbound I-75 just south of N. Dixie Highway, flattening three tires and causing the car to stop.
The driver was a 36-year-old man from Kentucky who was arrested without incident and lodged at the Monroe County Jail for charges of fleeing and eluding.
The man’s name is being withheld pending an arraignment in First District Court.
Deputy Llewellyn of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Uniformed Services Division is investigating the case.
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