Overview
- Dashcam and bodycam footage released this week shows Friday's Fond du Lac County pursuit ending as the fleeing SUV vaulted over a roadway and crashed in a field.
- Deputies say the driver, 44-year-old Dewayne Stokes of Milwaukee, fled a traffic stop after a trooper found a felony warrant, then ran after the crash before a taser stop and arrest.
- Stokes was treated for minor injuries and booked into the Fond du Lac County Jail, with the sheriff’s office seeking counts that include first-degree recklessly endangering safety and felony bail jumping.
- The Wisconsin State Patrol says it will add charges such as fleeing an officer, felon in possession of a firearm, and marijuana possession.
- Officials report the chase covered about 4.5 miles across local roads, a business lot, and I-41 near Winnebago Street, and they note Stokes had a Kenosha County warrant in a stolen-vehicle case with no other vehicles damaged.