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Car pursuit leads to arrest on campus
BY SARA JOCHEMS
STATESMAN STAFF WRITER
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Non-student Zachary Bott was arrested Sunday, after leading university and Duluth police on an early morning chase. Sgt. Tim LeGarde said around 2:20 a.m. officer Jacob Willis was driving down St. Marie Street by University Drive, when Bott sped past him.
“Willis went to turn around, but Bott not only went faster, but started running stop signs,” LeGarde said.
According to LeGarde, Willis started pursuing Bott (with his sirens on), but soon had to stop, because the squad car developed a problem with one of the wheels.
“Luckily, Sgt. Sean Huls was in the area,” LeGarde said. “He was able to pick up the pursuit from St. Marie Street to Lot L near Heaney Hall.”
Bott and two other occupants bailed out, and, according to LeGarde, two of the occupants were caught a short time later and identified the driver.
“Those two were charged with fleeing a police officer by foot,” LeGarde said. “One of those two was also charged with underage consumption.”
While the two occupants were with university and Duluth police, LeGarde said that Bott wandered out of the woods. “Bott was charged with a felony of fleeing police on foot and fourth degree DWI misdemeanor,” LeGarde said.
