Man arrested after Metro Transit car stolen, involved in overnight crash
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A man was arrested early Tuesday morning after an overnight pursuit and crash involving a Metro Transit car.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a trooper tried to stop a Chevrolet Bolt that was speeding down Interstate 35W near Lyndale Avenue in Richfield at around 12:30 a.m. The vehicle didn’t stop and continued on I-35W before exiting on 82nd Street. Troopers then stopped pursuing the vehicle due to public safety concerns.
The vehicle was found crashed at around 1 a.m. near West 93rd Street and Russell Avenue South in Bloomington but the driver had run away. At least two of the vehicle’s wheels came off.
A Metro Transit spokesperson told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the vehicle is believed “to have been taken without permission” from one of their Minneapolis facilities.
The State Patrol says its helicopter was able to find the driver, a 39-year-old Stewartville man, on Thomas Avenue and, with the help of Bloomington police, the man was arrested.
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The man was taken to Hennepin County Jail and booked for suspicion of fleeing police, theft of a vehicle, receiving stolen property, possession of burglary tools, dangerous weapons and criminal property damage.
No injuries were reported.
The investigation remains active.