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Wednesday, March 26, 2014Area:
Chicago, ILA man is dead after he crashed during a high-speed police chase Wednesday morning in northwest Indiana.
He has been identified as Nicholas B. Moore, 26, of Gary, Ind., according to a release from the Lake County Coroner's office.
Merrillville police were chasing Moore after he carjacked a black Mercedes sedan shortly after 10 a.m., officers at the scene said.
Moore drove north into Gary, where police followed him onto Georgia Street and then north to Ridge Road (U.S. 6), where Merrillville police said they abandoned the pursuit.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014Area:
Anchorage, AKShots fired by a Wasilla police officer and an Alaska State Trooper killed a suspected drunk driver who tried to elude them Sunday night, troopers said.
Both fired at Gorden E. Samel, 52, of Wasilla, after he backed his pickup toward the officer following a brief but chaotic chase, according to troopers.
An adult male passenger in the truck received injuries described as not life-threatening; he was not identified.
One child and one police offer injured after a police pursuit ends in a crash in Brownsburg, Indiana
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Friday, March 7, 2014Area:
Indianapolis, INPolice say they have a man in custody about two miles from the scene of a crash early Saturday after leading police on a chase that went into two counties.
A police officer was injured in that crash and the suspect reportedly fled the scene with two children that had been in the back seat.
The situation began around 2 a.m. when a Hendricks County K-9 officer attempted to make a traffic stop on South Raceway Road and County Road 100 South.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014Area:
Salt Lake City, UTA man and woman were behind bars after a high-speed police chase ended with a crash in southwest Salt Lake County early Thursday morning.
West Jordan police Sgt. Dan Roberts said the chase began at 7800 S. Redwood Road, where police say the woman driver blew through a red light. The ensuing pursuit wound through residential areas and eventually onto Bangerter Highway, where the car ended up going the wrong way.
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Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
New Orleans, LAA Baton Rouge man was arrested Tuesday in Meraux after fleeing police in a stolen Cadillac and crashing the car into a house, according to the St. Bernard Sheriff's office.
Michael Perriloux, 18, was spotted driving recklessly by a St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's deputy on E. Judge Perez Drive.
Perriloux stopped the car in the 4500 block of E. Judge Perez Drive. But as the deputy was getting out his car, the Cadillac sped off.