CECIL, WI (WTAQ) – Two people have been arrested after a chase in Shawano County.
Authorities say it started around 9 last night (Thursday) when a vehicle passed a sheriff’s deputy in a no passing zone on Highway 22 in Cecil.
That vehicle fit the description of a stolen vehicle from earlier in the night.
When the deputy tried to pull the driver over, he took and tried to get away.
After about five miles, the vehicle crashed into a wooded area. The driver ran away and a passenger was arrested.
Deputies say the driver was later found in a building that had been burglarized.
The driver is a 27-year-old man from Birnamwood. He’s facing multiple charges. The passenger, a 24-year-old Shawano man, is facing a misdemeanor charge.
