Milwaukee police chase, crash; teen pleads guilty

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee teen charged in connection to a police chase and crash pleaded responsible Friday, Dec. 16 to 5 expenses. As a part of a plea deal, different expenses have been dismissed.

Prosecutors accused 18-year-old Ryan Tate of stealing a Jeep, main police on a pursuit and crashing at Hart Auto close to 76th and Villard on Feb. 2. He was 17 years previous on the time. 

Tate is due again in courtroom on Feb. 16, 2023 for sentencing.

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Police stated the pursuit started close to sixtieth and Capitol – roughly two miles away from the place it ended. An officer noticed the SUV, which had been stolen in a reported armed theft, being pushed recklessly and tried to cease it – however the driver refused.

Prosecutors stated the motive force, Tate, barreled by the intersection of 76th and Villard, ignoring the dashing police vehicles behind him. The stolen SUV hit a pink automobile after which a fireplace hydrant earlier than retreating within the Hart Auto car parking zone.

Stolen automobile pursuit ends in crash close to 76th and Villard in Milwaukee

Prosecutors stated Tate, who had two passengers, documented every part on Fb. The Jeep was stolen from a Lyft driver who stated she’d been carjacked a day earlier after choosing up Tate.

Police stated a gun was recovered. Tate was taken to the hospital alongside along with his two passengers and the drivers of two different autos. No person at Hart Auto was injured.

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In all, Tate pleaded responsible to:

• Armed theft
• First-degree recklessly endangering security
• Second-degree recklessly endangering security
• Automobile operator flee/elude officer
• Operator flee/elude officer, bodily hurt or property harm
• Possession of a harmful weapon by an individual beneath 18

Three expenses, together with first-degree reckless damage, have been dismissed.