An Illinois man is under arrest and facing criminal charges in LaGrange County after he allegedly led troopers on a late-night high-speed pursuit, which subsequently led to a single-vehicle crash in St. Joe County, Michigan.

At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sep. 3, a state police trooper tried to stop a white BMW passenger vehicle alleged to have been traveling at over 100 mph eastbound on I-80/90 near the 114-mile marker.

Rather than yielding to the trooper’s emergency lights and siren, the driver sped off instead. At one point before exiting the Toll Road speeds were reported at over 150 mph. The BMW got off of the Toll Road at the Howe/Sturgis exit.

The driver continued fleeing southbound on State Road 9, then east on County Road 700N, and then northbound on LaGrange CR375E from CR700N headed towards the Michigan State Line at speeds over 100 mph.

The ISP Toll Road Post Command ordered the trooper to stop the pursuit before crossing into Michigan. Trooper Rose terminated his pursuit at CR375E & Fawn Road. ISP Toll Road dispatch then notified the St. Joe County Police Department of the high-speed BMW continuing into their jurisdiction.

A short time later the St. Joe County Michigan dispatch center reported having received a crash alert in the 70500 block of Kime Rd. St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the area and found a white BMW crashed and the driver, Adrian Ricardo Martinez, 19, of Homer Glen, Illinois, injured with a bleeding head wound. St. Joe County EMS personnel transported Martinez to Parkview Hospital in LaGrange for emergency medical care.

Martinez was treated at the hospital for his injuries and then released. Upon release from the hospital, troopers took him into custody and transported him to the LaGrange County Jail where he was booked into custody on preliminary charges related to the pursuit.

ARRESTED: Adrian Ricardo Martinez, 19, Homer Glen, IL

CHARGES:
Resisting Law Enforcement (Fleeing), Level 6 Felony
Reckless Driving, Class B Misdemeanor