{"id":68042,"date":"2015-03-18T15:40:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T20:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=68042"},"modified":"2015-03-18T22:09:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T03:09:08","slug":"suspect-identified-in-custody-chaseshooting-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=68042","title":{"rendered":"Suspect identified in custody – chase\/shooting incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 The Stutsman County State’s Attorney’s Office has issued a news release regarding the incident in Jamestown early Tuesday morning, involving a Tracy, Minnesota man who eluded law enforcement and was taken into custody.<\/p>\n

The release from State’s Attorny Fritz Fremgen says, 43 year old Lee Charles Ellingson was charged Wednesday with four counts.<\/p>\n

One count of Reckless Endangerment, a Class C Felony<\/p>\n

One count of Criminal Mischief a Class C Felony<\/p>\n

One count fo DUI, a Class C Felony<\/p>\n

And, Fleeing or attempting to elude, a Class A misdeameanor<\/p>\n

Ellingson was treated for his injuries at Jamestown Regional medical Center and has been released.\u00a0 Bail has been recommended, and Fremgen anticipates Ellingson’s initial court appearance and bail hearing to be held on Thursday, in Southeast District court.<\/p>\n

Fremgen says, considering the nature of the allegations and the defendent’s ties to the community, he plans to request a cash bond sufficient to ensure the defendant’s appearance at all court proceedings.<\/p>\n

A preliminary hearing date has not been scheduled.<\/p>\n

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Reported previously…<\/p>\n

\"shooting31715b\"<\/a>Jamestown (CSi) Local law enforcement early Tuesday were involved with a high speed pursuit, that led to a man ramming patrol cars and the shooting of the suspect.<\/p>\n

Just after midnight this (tueday) morning, the Jamestown Police Department was alerted by a convenience store employee of a suspected intoxicated individual leaving the store.<\/p>\n

The officer attempted to approach the subject, who then entered his vehicle, and left at a high rate of speed with the officer pursuing.<\/p>\n

The subject headed south on Highway 281 with other officers joining in the pursuit. The suspect then rammed two patrol vehicles with his vehicle.<\/p>\n

The suspect stopped his vehicle numerous times and allowed officers to approach, and then would flee, eventually stopping in the 1000 block of 4th Avenue Southwest. (area pictured above)<\/p>\n

The officer approaching avoided being run over by the suspect\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n

Jamestown Police officers, and a Stutsman County Sheriff\u2019s deputy, discharged their weapons, striking the suspect.<\/p>\n

The suspect the lone occupant of the vehicle, a 43 year old male from Tracy, Minnesota was transported to the Jamestown Regional Medical Center for treatment of his injuries.<\/p>\n

\"shooting31715a\"<\/a>He was arrested for Felony DUI, Fleeing or attempting to elude in a motor vehicle, Reckless endangerment and Criminal Mischief.<\/p>\n

During the pursuit, witnesses saw the vehicle “spinning donuts” while attempting to elude the police. (area pictured to the right).<\/p>\n

Law Enforcement officials that were involved are now on administrative leave and the investigation of the incident has been turned over to the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.<\/p>\n

Jamestown Police officers were assisted by the North Dakota Highway Patrol, the Stutsman County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Jamestown Area Ambulance Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 The Stutsman County State’s Attorney’s Office has issued a news release regarding the incident in Jamestown early Tuesday morning, involving a Tracy, Minnesota man who eluded law enforcement and was taken into custody. The release from State’s Attorny Fritz Fremgen says, 43 year old Lee Charles Ellingson was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68042"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68044,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68042\/revisions\/68044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}