Name of the Man Involved in High Speed Chase Near Spencer has Been Released
Friday, May 1st, 2015 -- 10:10 AM
-The name of the man arrested early yesterday morning, after leading Marathon County Sheriff's Deputies on a high speed chase, has been released.According to the Marathon County Sheriff's Department, around 1:20am Thursday morning, 20-year-old Ryan Stange passed a sheriff's deputy at a high rate of speed on County Highway C in the Town of Spencer. The deputy tried to pull him over, but he sped up and refused to stop.
The vehicle drove toward City of Spencer and, at times, Stange reached speeds of 100 mph. Once he got to Spencer he drove through a red light and had a minor accident with a power pole, but he still kept going.
Stange did eventually stop and he was arrested. He's been charged with fleeing an officer, speeding in a 55 mph zone and violating a red traffic light.
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