MOORHEAD - Two men were arrested overnight after a police pursuit through Fargo and Moorhead.
Moorhead Police Sgt. Mike Detloff said the chase started just after 3 a.m. today.
Detloff said the chase ended at the intersection of U.S. Highway 75 and Wall Street in north Moorhead when officers used what's called a "pit maneuver" to spin out the suspect's vehicle.
Police arrested the driver, 33 year-old Robert Church III of Minot, on suspicion of drunken driving and fleeing officers.
Galen Littlewind, 31, of Fargo was a passenger in the vehicle. He was arrested on suspicion of making terroristic threats to police while he was being taken into custody.
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Detloff said top speeds during the pursuit were around 70 miles an hour.
He said Moorhead police tried to stop a vehicle near the Safari Theater in south Moorhead
The driver fled, leading officers on a chase through residential streets of Fargo and then on Main Avenue back into Moorhead.
Both Church and Littlewind were taken to the Clay County Jail.
