GOODVIEW, Minn. – Police arrested a driver whose car had been disabled after running over a police spike-strip after a 25-mile chase. For the final two miles, the car, with at least one tire punctured, was limping at 20 mph with police right behind. Arrested was Anthony Robert Lemon, 53, of Rochester but who was believed living in the Hidden Valley trailer court in Minnesota City. Lemon gave up without resistance. A search of the vehicle yielded 9 grams suspected to be the illegal opioid fetanyl, police said.
As fast as 90 mph
Lemon. Why weaving? Why flee? Why fetanyl?
The chase began a little after midnight in Olmsted County when an officer tried to stop a weaving car. The driver accelerated toward the county line in St. Charles. The Olmsted officer terminated the chase but radioed ahead. In Lewiston, 10 miles into Winona County, deputies picked up the pursuit. Seven miles later in Stockton the driver suddenly turned 90 degrees onto County Road 23 toward Minnesota City. Speeds wee as fast as 90 mph on the dark county road, police said. At the T-junction with Highway 61 in Minnesota City, police from Goodview, alerted the chase was headed their way, laid the spike strip. One tire was punctured. The driver turned north on 61, made it a mile, one wheel riding on a rim, to the Rollingstone exit. He made a U-turn back to Minnesota City and then Goodview, In Goodview the pooice, their patience strained, initiated a tricky tactic to force the vehicle into a 180-degree stall. It worked. For Lemon it was all over,
Throwing the book at him
Lemon was booked at the Winona County jail at 1:29 a.m. on these charges:
> Fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle.
> Stealing a car.
> Driving a vehicle without registration.
> Turning without a signal.
> Driving without proof of insurance.
> Driving with a revoked license.
> Speeding.
> Driving recklessly.
> Possessing a controlled substance.