LEWISTON, Minn. – A State Patrol trooper began trailing a red Jeep after a report that the driver had failed to yield and was all over the road. A mile or so later the trooper lit his flasher lights to stop the vehicle. The driver kept going. This was on Highway 14 somewhere around Utica. Other police joined the pursuit. It was too leisurely to be called a “chase,” said Sheriff Ron Ganrude. No speeding. More like a parade. Finally, 2-1/2 miles after it all started and approaching Lewiston, with three squad cars behind and one coming at him, the driver stopped and got out. What was he thinking? No one at the scene knew for sure. A drug recognition expert was summoned from Rochester. This was about 4 p.m.
