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Quick charged with fleeing

An Iola man is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase.

Cory R. Quick, 24, is charged with second-degree reckless endangerment and fleeing an officer.

Shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday, March 25, Waupaca County Sheriff’s Deputy Sara Besel was northbound on State Highway 49 in the town of Scandinavia when she observed a southbound Pontiac Sunfire with a loud exhaust.

According to the criminal complaint, Besel turned around and tried to catch up with the Pontiac.

When the vehicle turned into a driveway on State 49, she assumed it was the driver’s residence. She had not been close enough to read the license plate.

Besel continued southbound for a short time, then turned around. As she headed north on State 49, the Pontiac passed Besel as it traveled southbound again. This made her suspicious.

Besel again changed direction and attempted to catch up with the Pontiac.

The Pontiac then turned east on Larson Road, then onto Schuelke Road, which is a dead end with only one or two homes on it. The Pontiac pulled into a driveway and shut off its lights.

Besel then returned to State 40 and parked her squad car in a driveway about 0.1 mile south of the Larson Road intersection and waited. The only way off Larson Road is back onto State 49.

After two to three minutes, she saw the Pontiac come to the Larson Road intersection and turn north onto State 49.

As she followed the Pontaic, Besel saw the taillights were not illuminated. They had been working earlier that evening.

Because of southbound traffic, Besel had to wait before she could start following the Pontiac.

She activated her siren and emergency lights, but the Pontiac did not slow down.

Besel informed dispatch the Pontiac was not stopping and had accelerated to 65 mph.

When she was close enough to report the license plate number, Besel learned Deputy Michael Richter had pursued the same car on March 20. The driver of the car had been identified as Quick.

At the time, Quick had an active warrant for his arrest issued by Probation and Parole.

Police say the Pontiac was traveling 75 mph, then slowed down to 65 mph when it came to the village of Scandinavia, then accelerated to approximately 80 mph as it left Scandinavia.

Iola Police Sgt. Paul Zierler deployed spike strips and parked his squad car with its emergency lights activated on State 49 near Johanson Road.

To avoid the spike strip, the Pontiac swerved completely into the southbound lane and continued north, reaching speeds of 85-90 mph, the complaint says.

Besel ended the pursuit, switched off her siren and light-bar and slowed down to the speed limit. With the help of a K9 unit, the officers tried to find Quick, but he was not at his residence in Iola.

Later, a woman would tell investigators Quick had been the driver and that she and her 2-year-old child had been in the Pontiac during the chase.

On March 25, Quick was arrested at his Iola residence when police responded to a domestic complaint.

Quick is currently in custody on a $5,000 cash bond.

On Oct. 6, 2017, Quick was convicted of possession of methamphetamine in Winnebago County and placed on two years of probation.

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