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High Speed Chase

Monday, January 7, 2013

Circling the Block Fails Man Trying to Avoid Arrest

A Greenfield man is accused of trying to flee from a Hales Corners police officer by leading him on a high-speed chase, then circling the block and trying to hide behind the officer.

A 31-year-old Greenfield man is accused of trying to flee a Hales Corners police officer while driving drunk without a license New Year’s Day. Heriberto Reyes Jr. was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Monday with one count of attempting to flee a police officer and one count of operating a motor vehicle after revocation of his license. If convicted, he faces up to 2 ½ years in prison and $12,500 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: At 1:30 a.m. Jan. 1, a Hales Corners police officer spotted Reyes headed eastbound in the 11900 block of West Grange Avenue doing 49 miles per hour in a 30 miles per hour speed zone and pulled him over in the 11100 block. After the officer got out of his squad and asked Reyes for his license…

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Man Charged With Driving Wrong Way on Freeway at 100 MPH

Police say a deputy trying to catch up with the suspect had to reach 100 mph in order to drive parallel to him as he drove on from Milwaukee toward Racine-Milwaukee county line.

A 21-year-old Brookfield man is accused of driving the wrong way down I-43/I-94 Saturday morning, leading Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputies on a chase to near the Racine County line to catch up with him. Joshua P. Klawikowski was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Wednesday with one count of second-degree reckless endangerment of safety. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and $25,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: Early Saturday morning, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department began receiving numerous calls about a person driving south in the northbound lanes of I-43, just south of downtown. Officers used traffic cameras to find the car and saw it as it continued heading south the wrong way all the…

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