35-minute police pursue finishes with swarm of police and use of K-9 in Lancaster city
Anthony Madonna, 50, of Lancaster, was charged with numerous traffic violations and resisting arrest after a police pursue from Earl Township to Lancaster city.
A Lancaster resident led police on a car pursue Saturday night that commenced on the eastern end of the county and finished in Lancaster city, where police were eventually able to take out the man’s tires with spike strips.
The pursuit began when Anthony Madonna, 50, of Lancaster, illegally passed numerous vehicles at about 8:30 p.m. in the six hundred block of West Main Street in Earl Township, according to Fresh Holland police.
Madonna failed to stop, police said, and led police down Rt. Twenty three through the townships of Earl, Upper Leacock, Manheim and then into Lancaster city, said Fresh Holland Police Department Sgt. Mark Willwerth.
Willwerth said spike strips were deployed by numerous police departments — once in Upper Leacock Township, once in Manheim Township at the intersection with Rt. 30, and then in the city.
At least one tire blew out every time they were used, Willwerth said.
And with the roads raw, Madonna was “swerving all over the place” as the 35-minute pursue reached up to speeds of fifty five miles per hour, Willwerth said.
Eventually all of Madonna’s tires blew out and his vehicle stopped on Prince Street just outside of the city police station.
A movie posted to Facebook shows the end of the pursue.
Madonna’s gray Chevy Silverado truck comes to a slow stop with at least six police vehicles behind, as shown in the movie posted by the band The Browning. More than a dozen officers and a police dog instantaneously surround the truck and wrestle the man out onto the street. Madonna is then taken back to a Fresh Holland Police Department car.
Willwerth said police used the canine when Madonna was not serving with officers, and Madonna had minor injuries that he was later treated for at Lancaster General Hospital.
There is no clear motive for the pursue at this time. Willwerth said Madonna was not intoxicated or had used drugs.
Madonna was charged with fleeing and eluding, recklessly endangering another person, resisting arrest, reckless driving, limitations on overtaking on the left and careless driving. He was also charged with eight counts of disobeying traffic control signals and two counts of disobeying stop signs.
After he was released from the hospital, Madonna was taken back to Fresh Holland Police Department for processing and was waiting to be arraigned.
35-minute police pursue finishes with swarm of police and use of K-9 in Lancaster city, Pennsylvania
35-minute police pursue finishes with swarm of police and use of K-9 in Lancaster city
Anthony Madonna, 50, of Lancaster, was charged with numerous traffic violations and resisting arrest after a police pursue from Earl Township to Lancaster city.
A Lancaster resident led police on a car pursue Saturday night that embarked on the eastern end of the county and finished in Lancaster city, where police were eventually able to take out the man’s tires with spike strips.
The pursuit began when Anthony Madonna, 50, of Lancaster, illegally passed numerous vehicles at about 8:30 p.m. in the six hundred block of West Main Street in Earl Township, according to Fresh Holland police.
Madonna failed to stop, police said, and led police down Rt. Twenty three through the townships of Earl, Upper Leacock, Manheim and then into Lancaster city, said Fresh Holland Police Department Sgt. Mark Willwerth.
Willwerth said spike strips were deployed by numerous police departments — once in Upper Leacock Township, once in Manheim Township at the intersection with Rt. 30, and then in the city.
At least one tire blew out every time they were used, Willwerth said.
And with the roads humid, Madonna was “swerving all over the place” as the 35-minute pursue reached up to speeds of fifty five miles per hour, Willwerth said.
Eventually all of Madonna’s tires blew out and his vehicle stopped on Prince Street just outside of the city police station.
A movie posted to Facebook shows the end of the pursue.
Madonna’s gray Chevy Silverado truck comes to a slow stop with at least six police vehicles behind, as shown in the movie posted by the band The Browning. More than a dozen officers and a police dog instantly surround the truck and wrestle the man out onto the street. Madonna is then taken back to a Fresh Holland Police Department car.
Willwerth said police used the canine when Madonna was not serving with officers, and Madonna had minor injuries that he was later treated for at Lancaster General Hospital.
There is no clear motive for the pursue at this time. Willwerth said Madonna was not intoxicated or had used drugs.
Madonna was charged with fleeing and eluding, recklessly endangering another person, resisting arrest, reckless driving, limitations on overtaking on the left and careless driving. He was also charged with eight counts of disobeying traffic control signals and two counts of disobeying stop signs.
After he was released from the hospital, Madonna was taken back to Fresh Holland Police Department for processing and was waiting to be arraigned.
35-minute police pursue completes with swarm of police and use of K-9 in Lancaster city, Pennsylvania
35-minute police pursue finishes with swarm of police and use of K-9 in Lancaster city
Anthony Madonna, 50, of Lancaster, was charged with numerous traffic violations and resisting arrest after a police pursue from Earl Township to Lancaster city.
A Lancaster resident led police on a car pursue Saturday night that commenced on the eastern end of the county and finished in Lancaster city, where police were ultimately able to take out the man’s tires with spike strips.
The pursuit began when Anthony Madonna, 50, of Lancaster, illegally passed numerous vehicles at about 8:30 p.m. in the six hundred block of West Main Street in Earl Township, according to Fresh Holland police.
Madonna failed to stop, police said, and led police down Rt. Twenty three through the townships of Earl, Upper Leacock, Manheim and then into Lancaster city, said Fresh Holland Police Department Sgt. Mark Willwerth.
Willwerth said spike strips were deployed by numerous police departments — once in Upper Leacock Township, once in Manheim Township at the intersection with Rt. 30, and then in the city.
At least one tire blew out every time they were used, Willwerth said.
And with the roads humid, Madonna was “swerving all over the place” as the 35-minute pursue reached up to speeds of fifty five miles per hour, Willwerth said.
Eventually all of Madonna’s tires blew out and his vehicle stopped on Prince Street just outside of the city police station.
A movie posted to Facebook shows the end of the pursue.
Madonna’s gray Chevy Silverado truck comes to a slow stop with at least six police vehicles behind, as shown in the movie posted by the band The Browning. More than a dozen officers and a police dog instantaneously surround the truck and wrestle the man out onto the street. Madonna is then taken back to a Fresh Holland Police Department car.
Willwerth said police used the canine when Madonna was not serving with officers, and Madonna had minor injuries that he was later treated for at Lancaster General Hospital.
There is no clear motive for the pursue at this time. Willwerth said Madonna was not intoxicated or had used drugs.
Madonna was charged with fleeing and eluding, recklessly endangering another person, resisting arrest, reckless driving, limitations on overtaking on the left and careless driving. He was also charged with eight counts of disobeying traffic control signals and two counts of disobeying stop signs.
After he was released from the hospital, Madonna was taken back to Fresh Holland Police Department for processing and was waiting to be arraigned.