Official Police Report…

(Jamestown, ND) On August 29, 2019, at approximately 0105 hrs., the Jamestown Police Department responded to a report of Gas Drive Off from the Interstate Tesoro gas station, located at 2015 7 Ave SW in Jamestown.

It was reported that a tan colored Chevrolet Impala with no license plates drove away without paying for gas. The vehicle drove off eastbound on 20th Street SW towards the area of Holiday Park Village. Officers responded to the area to search for the vehicle.

At approximately 0133 hrs., a Stutsman County Sheriff’s Deputy located the vehicle parked in a closed business parking lot a few blocks away from the gas station. The vehicle was occupied by an unknown male driver and female passenger. The subjects were confronted and subsequently fled from officers at a high rate of speed.

Officers pursued the vehicle into the southeast and southwest residential areas of Jamestown before the vehicle struck a fence in a residential backyard, which caused significant damage to the fence and the suspect vehicle. However, the vehicle remained operable and continued to flee from law enforcement, driving towards and nearly striking a Jamestown Police Squad car while exiting the backyard.

Officers continued to pursue the vehicle as it fled south on Hwy 281 out of Jamestown, due to the extreme indifference to the safety of the public displayed by the driver. Speeds reached in excess of 100 mph on Highway 281 S. The pursuit eventually went off-road on 42nd Street in rural Stutsman County. At approximately 0151 hrs., the suspect vehicle became stuck after driving into a slough.

The male driver was identified as 24-year-old Brett Meers of Fargo. Meers was arrested on suspicion of Driving while license was suspended, Felony fleeing or attempting to elude a Peace Officer, Reckless Driving, Theft of Services, and a Felony Arrest Warrant out of Burleigh County. Meers was taken to the Stutsman County Correctional Center to await formal charges.

The Jamestown Police Department was assisted by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office during this incident. The incident remains under investigation.

Earlier…

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Police reports early Thursday morning, a Fargo man led local law enforcement on a high speed chase..

Major Justin Blinsky reports, that just after 1-a.m., police responded to a report of a gas drive off without paying  from  Interstate Tesoro.

The car without license plates drove away going eastbound on 20th Street Southwest in the direction of  Holiday Park Village.

A Stutsman County Sheriff’s Deputy’s unit located the vehicle parked in a closed business parking lot a few blocks away from the gas station.

The male driver drove the vehicle from officers at a high rate of speed.

The chase led police through residential areas in the southeast and southwest parts of Jamestown.

The report says the car struck a fence in a residential backyard, which caused significant damage to the fence and the suspect vehicle. The vehicle remained driveable and continued to flee from law enforcement, driving towards and nearly striking a Jamestown Police Squad car while exiting the backyard.

The chase then went down Highway 281 out of Jamestown with speeds reaching in excess of 100 mph. At around 1:51 AM, the vehicle went off-road and became stuck after driving into a slough.

The report says, 24 year-old Brett Meers of Fargo was arrested on suspicion of driving while license was suspended, Felony fleeing or attempting to elude a Peace Officer, Reckless Driving, Theft of Services, and a Felony Arrest Warrant out of Burleigh County.

Meers was taken to the Stutsman County Correctional Center to await formal charges.

Jamestown Police were assisted by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office. The incident remains under investigation.