Suspect leads Maryland officers on highway chase in stolen 5-ton military vehicle

A person stole a army automobile from a residential neighborhood in a Maryland city Friday evening, after which led officers on a prolonged freeway pursuit earlier than lastly being captured in Baltimore, authorities stated.

The Harford County Sheriff’s Workplace studies that deputies have been referred to as to a house within the city of Bel Air a little bit after 6:30 p.m. native time Friday on a report {that a} privately-owned 1986 923-A five-ton army automobile had been stolen.

The truck was then noticed on a Bel Air street, and when the driving force, later recognized as 38-year-old Michael D. Stevens II, refused to drag over, a multi-agency pursuit ensued, the sheriff’s workplace stated, with the suspect making his means south onto Interstate-95.

Officers made a number of unsuccessful makes an attempt to cease the automobile utilizing spike strips, the sheriff’s workplace stated, earlier than the suspect finally made his means into Baltimore, which is positioned about 25 miles southwest of Bel Air.

He lastly introduced the automobile cease and tried to run away, however was captured by deputies, the sheriff’s workplace disclosed.

Through the pursuit, Stevens crashed into a number of different automobiles, however nobody was injured throughout the ordeal, the sheriff’s workplace stated. 

Stevens had been launched from the Hartford County Detention Heart simply previous to stealing the automobile, the sheriff’s workplace confirmed. He was re-booked into the detention middle on one rely of motorcar theft, and two counts every of first-degree and second-degree assault, together with one rely of failing to obey a lawful order.

The main points of his preliminary arrest and launch have been unclear. There was additionally no phrase on the circumstances that led as much as the theft of the automobile. 

Maryland State Police, Baltimore police, Baltimore County police and Bel Air police all assisted throughout the incident.