DES MOINES, Iowa—Des Moines police and U.S. Marshals say they arrested a Colorado fugitive after a high-speed chase that endangered the fugitive’s cousin and her 2-year-old daughter.
Authorities took 27-year-old Dewayne Lee Cole into custody Thursday evening on a pair of Colorado warrants for escaping from a correction facility there.
Des Moines Police Sgt. Mark Wessels says officers first tried to arrest Cole at a south Des Moines hotel, but Cole got into a minivan driven by his cousin and forced her to help him flee. Wessels says the cousin’s young daughter was in the vehicle at the time.
At least eight police vehicles took part in the ensuing chase.
Wessels says that when officers cornered the minivan, Cole attempted to flee on foot, but was apprehended.
Cole was being held without bond in the Polk County Jail.
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Information from: The Des Moines Register,
