1-5-23 fdl assault, high speed chase investigation

Two Milwaukee men are in custody in connection with an assault with a firearm and subsequent high speed chasein Fond du Lac over the weekend.  Police chief Aaron Goldstein says the incident started following a reported assault of a Milwaukee woman at a house party on Western Avenue early Sunday morning.  Goldstein says the victim’s vehicle was stolen after the woman went to the hospital, and was later involved in a high speed pursuit.   Goldstein says the chase reached speeds in excess of 100 mph.  The vehicle pulled into a truck stop on Pioneer  Road and the chase ended when the vehicle crashed head on into a sheriff’s squad car.  The driver, a 30 year old Milwaukee man, was arrested following a short foot chase.  Goldstein says a suspect in the assault, also from Milwaukee,  was later arrested.