Chicago Man Arrested for Seventh DWI-Related Offense This Year
Police say Marcus Duane Verser led them on a high-speed chase that began in St. Louis Park and ended when he crashed his car and fled on foot.
A Chicago man has been charged with felony drunken driving and leading police on a high-speed chase that reached speeds of more than 100 mph in St. Louis Park. Marcus Duane Verser, 36, is charged with two felonies: first-degree DWI, which carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a $14,000 fine, and fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle, for which the maximum penalty is three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. The felony DWI charge has a mandatory minimum penalty of three years in prison and a $4,200 fine. A St. Louis Park police officer was driving onto west Interstate 394 from north Highway 100 just after 2 a.m. Dec. 6 when a car driven by Verser almost sideswiped his squad car, according to the criminal complaint, …
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Kevira Voegele
2:31 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
@Sue Nash: Usually if someone pays their bond, they are out of jail until the case is resolved. more ›