(La Porte, IN) - After two chases of a motorcycle at speeds topping 100 miles per hour, the suspect over time could not out run the long arm of the law.
Wyatt Messer has been charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Resisting Law Enforcement, along with other counts from each pursuit.
On September 18th, officers began pursuing Messer, who was headed westbound at roughly 70 miles per hour on East Lincolnway.
Eventually, the pursuit topping 100 miles per hour veered onto 1st Street then Orchard Avenue but was called off when he nearly struck an oncoming motorist head-on in a no passing zone, police said.
Five days later, Messer was spotted by police at Lincolnway and J Street on the same motorcycle, which triggered another chase down 1st and Central Avenue then Weller Avenue.
After a train blocked the motorcyclist’s path at a crossing, Messer allegedly veered down a gravel path beside the tracks at up to 40 miles per hour, police said.
He then returned to Orchard Ave. and rode off again at more than 100 miles per hour.
Officers were able to get close enough during the chase to obtain the license plate number of the motorcycle, which turned out to be registered to Messer, police said.
According to court documents, the address on his vehicle registration, ultimately, led to him being booked about three weeks later into the La Porte County Jail where he soon posted bond.
