Parade Pauses Cross-State Chase Before Mich. Deputies Use K-9, Drone to Nab Pair

Monroe County sheriff's deputies tracked down and arrested two suspects after a chase from Ohio was halted by a Veterans Day parade and resumed when deputies located the vehicle again.

By Nathan Clark

Source mlive.com

Nov. 9, 2026

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A retail theft suspect led Ohio police on a chase into Michigan before deputies ended the pursuit because a Veterans Day parade was ahead in Monroe.
Monroe County deputies later located the suspect vehicle, deployed spike strips and launched a second pursuit that ended when the SUV became disabled.
A woman and man fled on foot but were captured with help from a K-9 and a sheriff's drone team.

Activated police cruiser lights — What began as a retail theft investigation in Ohio ended with two arrests in Michigan after Monroe County sheriff's deputies terminated one pursuit for a Veterans Day parade, then quickly picked up the trail again.

MONROE COUNTY, MI—A man and woman who led police in a chase from Ohio into Michigan were arrested Saturday after losing officers in a parade area before being found and chased down again.

Monroe County Central Dispatch received a call at 3 p.m., Nov. 7, from Lucas County Central Dispatch in Ohio reporting Toledo Police and Washington Township Police were pursuing a retail fraud suspect on northbound I-75, and had just crossed into Michigan, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputy Tanner Goss was able to intercept the fleeing vehicle, a red Chevrolet Trailblazer, and pursued it off of I-75 and into Erie Township.

The pursuit continued through Monroe County but was soon terminated due to a Veterans Day parade occurring ahead within the City of Monroe, police said.

Deputies converged on the registered owner of the Trailblazer’s address in Monroe Township and spotted it driving in the area.

Anticipating that there would be a second pursuit, deputies laid a spike strip across the roadway, which the vehicle struck as driver fled once again.

The pursuit lasted for a mile before the vehicle became disabled.

Both the driver, a 42-year-old Monroe woman, and male passenger, 35, of Berlin Township, fled on foot but were captured soon after, with the assistance of a K9 handler from the Monroe Public Safety Department, as well as Sheriff’s Detective Dominic Flint who was operating one of the Sheriff’s Office aerial drones.

The pair are facing charges for fleeing and eluding and resisting arrest, as well as criminal charges in Ohio.

Luna Pier Police Department also assisted with the vehicle pursuit and apprehension.

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