Eyota Man Pleads Guilty After Dakota County Police Chase

Hastings, MN (KROC-AM News) - An Eyota man is now awaiting sentencing for a felony conviction stemming from a police chase earlier this year.

Eyota Man Reaches Plea Agreement in Dakota County

Court records show that 26-year-old Marcus John Ottomo reached a plea agreement with prosecutors in Dakota County this week and entered a guilty plea to a fleeing police charge. He is scheduled to be sentenced in December.

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Traffic Stop Turns Into High-Speed Police Chase

According to the criminal complaint in the case, on February 3, a Dakota County Sheriff's deputy was on routine patrol and spotted Ottomo speeding at around 85 mph in a 55-mile-per-hour zone on the highway in Vermillion Township. When the deputy attempted a traffic stop with the squad car's emergency lights activated, the court document says the Eyota man accelerated away from the law enforcement officer.

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Driver Escapes Parking Lot Over Snowbank

The criminal complaint describes the resulting pursuit, which led to a business parking lot, where the deputy attempted to perform a PIT maneuver to end the chase. That failed, and the court document says Ottomo managed to elude the pursuing deputy by driving over a snowbank to exit the parking lot.

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Vehicle Pinned Between Two Squad Cars

It states that another deputy then caught up with Ottomo's vehicle and successfully executed a PIT maneuver. The criminal complaint says the vehicle driven by Ottomo then spun out and became pinned between two squad cars.