(Columbia County) Columbia County Sheriff’s deputies arrested six men ages 16 to 23 from Chicago, Illinois following high-speed vehicle pursuits this week. The six men initially were traveling together in three stolen vehicles that a sheriff’s detective spotted leaving a gas station on State Highway 33.
Sheriff Roger Brandner says before and during both pursuits, all three vehicles were operating in a highly reckless manner at high rates of speed by inexperienced drivers. He says that put everyone on the roadways at risk.
Brandner notes the quick and safe resolution to the pursuits was the result of great communication and teamwork by several law enforcement agencies.
