The pursuit began on Friday, Nov. 13, at about 4:48 p.m., when Lake Hallie police were chasing a vehicle associated with a felony theft investigation westbound on Highway 312 toward Interstate 94, according to the Dunn County Sheriff's Office.
A Dunn County sergeant picked up the pursuit near Exit 59 on Interstate 94 and followed the vehicle westbound into Dunn County at a high rate of speed.
Deputies deployed a tire-deflation device on Interstate 94 near Menomonie. At about 5:01 p.m., the vehicle entered the westbound rest area exit ramp, left the roadway and became disabled in a ditch.
All four occupants fled on foot north into the City of Menomonie. Deputies, Menomonie police and Wisconsin State Patrol troopers set up a perimeter, and an emergency notification advised nearby residents to lock their homes and vehicles.
Sheriff's drone operators located the four men in a field at about 5:41 p.m. and guided K-9 teams to them. One man who ran across all four lanes of Interstate 94 was apprehended near Wakanda Park, and the other three were taken into custody in a field east of 22nd Avenue North.
The men, ages 23 to 28 and from Lauderhill, Lake Worth, Lauderdale Lakes and Pompano Beach, Florida, were transferred to the Chippewa County Jail. Their names were not released because the investigation is ongoing, and authorities say there is no ongoing threat to the community.
