Chancellor man gets prison for 2-state police chase
Tyson Wessels and his wife tried to steal an ATM from a store in the South Dakota town of Valley Springs before leading police on a chase that lasted several hours and crossed into Iowa.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A South Dakota man charged in a police chase that involved two stolen vehicles and two states has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.
Thirty-four-year-old Tyson Wessels, of Chancellor, pleaded guilty last fall to felony injury to property, grand theft and burglary, and prosecutors dropped numerous other charges stemming from the incident last August.
Authorities allege Wessels and his wife tried to steal an ATM from a store in the South Dakota town of Valley Springs before leading police on a chase that lasted several hours and crossed into Iowa. Wessels was accused of striking three vehicles during the chase, including a deputy's squad car and a state crime bureau agent's vehicle.
The media reports that the court case of Wessels' wife is still proceeding.
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