ALTURA, Minn. – An Altura man was arrested after brief police chase that ended when he turned into a backyard in Altura. Arrested and charged with drunken driving was Oscar Miguel Rivera Silva, age 25. The chase began when a deputy pulled up behind a parked ca with its four-way flashers activated on County Road 18 just south of Altura. The driver took off into town, weaving across pavement lines. In Altura, the deputy said, the driver went a couple blocks, then turned into a backyard and slammed a cement retaining wall. The driver took off on foot but was caught almost right away. At jail in Winona, 18 miles away, Rivera Silva’s blood-alcohol tested at 0.17% — double the state impairment threshold.
Rivera Silva. Among charges: Fleeing an officer.