Police pursue reckless driver on Highway 218 near Austin, Austin MN
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TrafficPolice pursued a silver Ford SUV driven by an older female on Highway 218 near Austin. The driver was reckless, driving down the middle of the road and on the wrong side at times. The pursuit involved multiple units and a possible violation of a harassment restraining order was noted. The vehicle was eventually stopped and witnesses were contacted.
Audio|Heard on: Austin Law Enforcement
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07:27
Transcript:
00:00
He's following her through, Lyle.
00:02
Copy.
00:08
They're now heading northbound on 218 again.
00:12
Stop following her, just going to cause her to do something erratic.
00:24
Rochester, 2017 for VOR, southbound 52.
00:27
Nalphos 93, B3 silver tank pickup in the ditch.
00:32
143, I'd be 45.
00:34
47.
00:37
Go ahead. Leah Marie Dorsey out of Oakdale, Minnesota, valid, negative QP.
00:47
Sound for having an updated address for you.
00:53
Go ahead.
01:01
Near 17th Avenue Northeast and Austin.
01:04
509, just advising.
01:06
Still northbound on 218.
01:09
They're on the wrong side of the road again.
01:12
Okay.
01:15
5041.
01:16
Go ahead.
01:19
Did you validate a phone number on her or negative?
01:23
I'm just leaving 1019.
01:25
Can I get the description of that vehicle one more time?
01:28
Ten for the current phone number.
01:30
Go ahead.
01:32
(number withheld).
01:35
The silver Ford, either Edge or Escape, driving down the middle of the road, heading north on 218.
01:41
I'm assuming this is a suspect.
01:43
33 and 32 are clear, we'll head out.
01:46
Time for this.
01:47
Copy. Copy.
01:54
500 units. Vehicle is still northbound down the middle of the road at 130th Street currently.
02:00
One person in the vehicle, an older female driver.
02:04
41 is going to accident.
02:06
Good time.
02:11
21004,
02:13
Rochester.
02:15
214.
02:16
107 have a good night.
02:18
News well, 16, no night.
02:24
Does anyone take any Edward car?
02:27
For you?
02:29
Daniport.
02:31
Do you? Do we have an update up location?
02:36
Looks like last note that my partner put in is a higher-in 30th Street.
02:43
It's an older female, one person in the vehicle.
02:47
No.
02:49
She still has her on the phone as well.
02:52
Night David 141.
02:55
Good.
03:00
Catch due to an HRO violation.
03:02
Female is just like a phone call back.
03:06
I did verify that the dinko is issued 128, expires 1024,
03:11
26. So like the male violated the distance on the paperwork.
03:16
Okay.
03:19
501.59. They're just passing 160th Street, 160th Street.
03:24
Or one copies.
03:27
59 copy.
03:29
Can you confirm there's two RPs on this or two different witnesses?
03:34
We have two different RPs.
03:37
479 is 106.
03:39
Copy. 509 at 5032.
03:44
5032.
03:49
Can you contact those RPs, I suppose, starting with the one that's not behind them and just get a statement.
03:57
41 and I are closer.
04:00
5041, you're coming up on the vehicle now.
04:03
My RP is wondering if you want our flashes on?
04:05
No more.
04:11
I got it here.
04:13
Copy.
04:18
This is your caller in like a Chevy SUV?
04:22
10-4[1], she's in the white Yukon.
04:26
Did you want her to stop with you as well so you can speak with her? Tony for right now, trying to catch up.
04:32
Copy, did you want her?
04:34
She's a little, I could talk to her.
04:41
She'll be pulling all over.
04:48
Yeah, here.
04:49
There's vehicles all over the road.
04:51
I'll get a 28 here in a second.
04:54
Copy.
04:56
Henry 741.
05:02
10-4[1], that comes back to a 16 escape, maroon in color, to a Kelly-Marie Olson of Lyell, expires June 26, negative 29.
05:12
Yeah,
05:13
we're slowly coming to us out there.
05:15
Copy.
05:16
Now we're just stopping from the address of near US-218.
05:23
Copy near US-218.
05:26
What?
05:28
Do you copy county traffic? No, there are all this.
05:32
52-father?
05:34
Oh,
05:36
I didn't.
05:37
You got that vehicle stop?
05:39
(name withheld).
05:44
10-4[1] in front of near US-218.
05:47
Highway 218.
05:48
Yeah, who's the one that has a stop?
05:51
The old school, (name withheld)?
05:55
5041 does.
05:57
10 for the old school (name withheld).
06:00
You just let her know that she uses controlled substances.
06:04
I want another joke.
06:06
5041 copy?
06:09
Negative. I'm out of the vehicle.
06:11
33-7. I'll let him know.
06:13
Thank you. 33 is RP with you.
06:18
Looks like there's a vehicle behind it, I'm just pulling out.
06:21
Must be the RP.
06:22
Copy.
06:24
Put 509 out as well.
06:26
Copy.
06:28
Copy.
06:31
City Station.
06:37
5032 will be out.
06:38
Copy 3.2 will be out.
06:39
Copy.
06:40
143.
06:42
I'll be en route to near 177 in northeast.
06:46
509-28 for the witness.
06:50
Go ahead. Copy.
06:52
I will play (name withheld) 270.
06:57
479, Rochester.
06:59
2479.
07:01
Copy.
07:02
1-1-133.
07:05
I'll take the toll.
07:07
Go ahead.
07:10
Ten, four, sixteen, fifteen.
07:12
You also copy that, I know what's about prior conduct.
07:15
If you want, Adam Carly, in the report room.
07:18
Okay, yes, thank you.
07:20
Yeah, ten-four, you can change this to a ten-fifty.
07:22
Thank you.
07:24
Code four.
07:26
1650.
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10-4: Acknowledgement (OK / Message received)
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US-218, Austin, MN 55912
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