A police pursuit early Sunday morning ended with two people being arrested.
About 2:15 in the morning on Sunday, Officer Truty with the Bourbon Police Department attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding on US 30 near Elm Road. The vehicle, a black 2007 Chevy Impala was westbound and failed to stop for the officer and fled at a high rate of speed.
A pursuit continued westbound on US 30. The vehicle struck stop-sticks placed by Marshall County Police near King Road. The vehicle continued westbound at a high rate of speed until it stopped on the US31 northbound on ramp.
Austin Bennett, 22, and Elizabeth Conway, also 22 both of Mishawaka were arrested.
Bennett, a wanted felon, out of St. Joseph County was lodged in the Marshall County Jail with charges of Dealing in a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Meth, Possession of Paraphernalia, Resisting Law Enforcement and Obstruction of Justice. His Marshall County cash bond was set at $1,500.
Conway was lodged in the County Jail for Dealing in a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Meth, Possession of Paraphernalia, Resisting and Obstruction of Justice. Her cash bond was also set at $1,500. Conway was released about 11 a.m. after posting bond.
The pair are scheduled to appear in Marshall Superior Court II on March 23rd.
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