NDHPFargo  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports,  Thursday at 11:45 p.m., a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper attempted to stop a southbound vehicle on I-29 south of Fargo. The vehicle, a white 2000 Cadillac 4-door, was weaving across the roadway. When the trooper attempted the stop, the driver fled in the vehicle.

 

The trooper began a pursuit of the Cadillac. The Cadillac traveled south on I-29, east on Cass Co. Rd. 16 and south on Cass Co. Rd. 81 in southeastern Cass County. At the junction of Cass Co. Rd. 81 and Cass Co. Rd. 18, another trooper attempted to use a tire deflation device to disable the Cadillac.  The driver of the Cadillac was able to avoid the device and turned eastbound on Cass Co. Rd. 18.

 

The Cadillac traveled eastbound on Cass Co. Rd. 18 and crossed the Red River into Minnesota. A Clay County Sheriff’s Deputy began a pursuit of the Cadillac.

 

The pursuit continued south on Hwy. 75, then east on gravel township roadways from southeastern Clay County into northwestern Wilkin County. At the intersection of Wilkin Co. Rd. 3 and 120th St, a Clay County Sheriff’s deputy used a pursuit intervention technique (PIT), causing the vehicle to leave the roadway and become disabled.

 

Cory Patrick Stevens, 46, of Glyndon, Minnesota, was taken into custody without incident. He was arrested on several outstanding warrants and on charges in Clay County in relation to the pursuit.

 

An adult female passenger was unharmed in the incident. She was transported from the scene by law enforcement.

 

Additional charges will be filed in Cass County to include fleeing, driving under revocation, reckless driving and reckless endangerment. Please contact the Clay County Sheriff’s Office for the charges filed in Clay County.