GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ) – A warrant has been issued for a man who nearly hit a Grand Chute police officer with his vehicle.
Police were called to the Burger King parking lot on West College Avenue around 8 Sunday night for a welfare check.
According to the caller, a man had been sitting in his vehicle for three hours and appeared to be falling asleep.
When officers made contact with the man, 31-year-old Rory Behling, he abruptly backed out his vehicle.
“As officers were speaking with Mr. Behling, [he] put his vehicle into reverse, backed up into a Grand Chute squad car,” explains Officer Travis Waas, with Grand Chute PD. “[And] nearly missing an officer that was walking behind his vehicle.”
At that time, he attempted to flee the scene.
“[He] left the parking lot traveling at a high rate of speed,” says Officer Waas. “Officers pursued the vehicle for a short period of time, before ultimately terminating the pursuit.”
Thankfully, no one was hurt in the incident.
“No injuries sustained to the incident, it was definitely a close call,” he explains. “We do have damage to a squad car, though.”
A short time later, the vehicle the man was driving was found left abandoned in a nearby neighborhood.
A K9 officer and a drone searched the area for the man, but he wasn’t found.
Behling is described as standing 6 feet tall, 216 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
“We don’t believe he is a danger to the public, we don’t believe he has any weapons,” he says. “We definitely want to locate this guy.”
If you have any information on his whereabouts, please call the Grand Chute Police Department at (920) 832-1575 or text “GCPD” and your tip to 847411 to remain anonymous.
