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“UPDATE”
Pursuit and Hostage Situation Ends Well
for a Two Year Old
Tippecanoe County-Late yesterday evening, Kenneth O. Brown, 30
of Milwaukee was released from the hospital and was taken into custody by
Trooper Devin Farmer and Master Trooper Detective Tim Kendall and transported
to Tippecanoe County Jail. He is being
charged with;
- Criminal
Confinement with a Deadly Weapon, Level 3 Felony 35-42-3-3
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Criminal
Confinement with a Deadly Weapon with a Child Hostage, Level 2 Felony 35-42-3-3
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Resisting
Law Enforcement with a Vehicle Level 6 Felony, 35-44-2-1
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Intimidation
with a Deadly Weapon Level 5 Felony, 35-45-2-1
Assisting agency
includes the Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office and the Tippecanoe County
Sheriff’s Department. To get a picture you will have to contact the Tippecanoe County Jail. The original
Release is below.
All Suspects are innocent until proven guilty
in a court of law.
Tippecanoe County-This morning at around 5:00 A.M. on I-65
northbound near the 175 mile marker (that is at just south of the SR 25/175
exit), a nearly one hour pursuit of a stolen vehicle ended with the two year
old girl safe and the suspect inflicting injury to himself before officers can disarm
and contain him.
Information was
received that this incident started in Milwaukee, WI yesterday at about 7:00
P.M. CDT. The suspect, Kenneth Brown, 30
of Milwaukee had allegedly kidnapped a two year old female and stole a gray
2011 Nissan Quest from a residence in Milwaukee.
Approximately four
hours later he was stopped in Decatur, IL for a traffic violation when he ran
from police. They lost site of the vehicle
and discontinued the chase.
At around 3:00 A.M.
CDT today in Watseka, IL the subject allegedly stopped at a Wal-Mart parking
lot and gave information to a person there that he had stolen the car and taken
the child. He then took off eastbound on
US 24 towards Indiana. Iroquois County
Dispatch notified Newton County Indiana dispatch of the situation.
At approximately
4:17 A.M. EDT today, Kentland Police Department located the vehicle going EB on
US 24 through Kentland at a high rate of speed.
Kentland Police and the Newton County Sheriff’s Department attempted to
stop the vehicle. Brown failed to obey
the lights and continued EB with police still behind the vehicle.
Brown continued EB
in the stolen Nissan until he reached the I-65 SB entrance ramp at the 201 MM
in Jasper County. He turned onto the
ramp and started to travel SB with the police still behind him. As Brown approached Tippecanoe County, the
Indiana State Police out of the Lafayette Post along with the Tippecanoe County
Sheriff’s Department engaged in the chase.
Speeds were in excess of 90 miles per hour at times.
Brown exited off at SR 26/172 exit and went
east on SR 26 for about ½ mile before turning around and going back west on SR
26. He then returned to northbound I-65
where a police roadblock had been setup. He was able to get through the
roadblock and continued NB until he arrived at the beginning of the SB split on
I-65 at the 173 MM construction area.
Crossing over from the NB lanes to the two lanes of the SB traffic, the Nissan started traveling
NB in the SB lanes, He started in the
far right should then would cut across both SB lanes and wound up in the
construction lane on the inside shoulder.
His speeds had been slowed considerably due to a flat tire on the
Nissan. For an unknown reason, Brown
slammed on the brakes and the Newton County Deputy rear ended the Nissan
causing it to spin into the inside barrier wall. Other police vehicles surrounded the Nissan
preventing him from escaping.
As officers
approached the vehicle, Brown was allegedly holding a knife to the child’s
throat. Officers were trying to
negotiate with him to release the child when the back window was broken
out. At that time, Brown handed the
child to an officer through the driver’s window and attempted to do bodily harm
to himself. Officers were able to subdue
Brown and immediately rendered first-aid.
Brown was transported to Franciscan St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette
and later transferred to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis with what
appeared to be life threatening injuries.
The two year old
child was found to have only a few cuts and bruises but was otherwise in good
condition. The Indiana Department of Children
and Family Services is caring for the child until family is notified and can
take custody.
Brown is wanted on
three warrants out of South Milwaukee Police Department. They are for Interference with parental
custody, operating a vehicle without permission and theft. For more information on the charges in Wisconsin,
you will need to contact South Milwaukee Police at 414-768-8060. Charges will be pending in Indiana.
During the incident there were police cars from Tippecanoe
County and Newton County Sheriff’s Departments that sustained damage. All were drivable and reports were taken by
the Indiana State Police at the Lafayette Post.
Departments involved in Indiana were the Indiana State
Police from the Lafayette and Lowell Posts, ISP Criminal Investigation Division
out of the Lafayette Post, ISP Crime Scene Investigations out of the Lafayette
Post, Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Department, Newton County Sheriff’s
Department, Kentland Police Department, White County Sheriff’s Department,
Lafayette Police Department and Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance. The investigation is continuing.
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