2 in custody after chase
Published 10:20 am Monday, April 3, 2017
- Austin police and Mower County deputies were involved in a brief chase Saturday morning that came to an end in a northeast Austin alleyway. One of the suspects is put into the back of a deputy’s cruiser. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Two Austin residents were arrested on Saturday, April 1 after a short chase while attempting to flee a Mower County sheriff’s deputy.
According to Sheriff Terese Amazi, Robert Collins, 41, and Cassandra Sims, 32, were arrested after leading police on a chase from Eighth Street Northeast to 10th Street Northeast in Austin after a sheriff’s deputy attempted to initiate a traffic stop when he recognized the driver and passenger, who were both wanted to warrants.
They fled in a 2001 Pontiac Aztec. The chase exceeded speeds of 60 mph on streets and 30-40 mph down alleyways, according to Amazi,
The chase ended when the vehicle crashed into a swing set and trash barrel on 10th Street Northeast. Collins fled the scene but was arrested on Seventh Street Northeast.
Collins had two outstanding warrants in Mower County for fifth-degree drug possession and failure to register as a predatory offender. He is facing a charge of felony eluding.
Sims was also arrested for outstanding warrants in Freeborn County.
Nobody was hurt during the chase.
