8-28-23 two women arrested following high speed chase in fdl, dodge and washington counties

Nobody was injured and two Milwaukee area women are in custody following a high speed chase in a stolen vehicle in Fond du Lac County.   At approximately 7:30pm Saturday,  Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office deputies learned the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office had been in a pursuit with a vehicle that was stolen from the state of Illinois and may have been involved in an armed robbery in Plover.  The chase was terminated  when it entered Winnebago County on US Highway 10.  About an hour and a half later Fond du Lac County sheriff’s deputies attempted to pull over the suspect vehicle on Interstate 41 near Lincoln Road.  The chase continued south in Dodge and Washington counties where the vehicle ran over stop sticks and the driver lost control  south of State Highway 33 and crashed into the median cable barrier.   Both occupants were taken into custody without incident.   A search of the vehicle recovered thousands of dollars in stolen merchandise along with illegal narcotics.  The driver, a 37 year old Milwaukee woman, and a passenger, a 31 year old Wauwatosa woman, were transported to the Fond du Lac County Jail facing multiple charges.  The pursuit covered a distance of approximately 34 miles. Two Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office patrol squads did sustain minor damages during the pursuit. Two civilian vehicles sustained minor damages from running over stop sticks.