Brandon Pelter (Cass County Jail photo)
FARGO (KFGO) — A Fargo man is facing six felony charges after a high-speed chase in Fargo Tuesday night. 24-year-old Brandon Peltier was also a suspect in a hit-and-run crash earlier that day.
Court documents say Fargo police assisted Moorhead police in searching for a domestic incident. The vehicle was located just before 10:30 p.m. by NDSU police on 12th Ave N. When officers tried to stop the car, it fled at high speeds. Police say the car was clocked at 60 mph in a 25 mph residential zone.
Eventually, the vehicle stopped in a parking lot near Scheels Home and Hardware on 13th Ave S. Peltier was arrested without incident.
One female passenger, Jaymie Jensen, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. A second passenger was released.
Police say Peltier was the suspect in a hit-and-run earlier in the day. A police report says security cameras showed Peltier’s vehicle hitting an elderly man in the parking lot of Cash Wise on 13th Ave S around 11 a.m. Tuesday. Police say the victim had substantial injuries to his arm and wrist.
Peliter is charged with felony fleeing, 3 counts of felony reckless endangerment, felony duty in an accident involving serious injury, DUI, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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