Rochester Man on Supervised Release Accused of Fleeing Police

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Rochester man on conditional release for two felony convictions is now facing a felony fleeing charge. 

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A criminal complaint, filed in Olmsted County Court on Wednesday says the alleged fleeing incident happened in a Rochester neighborhood on the night of May 2.

Olmsted County Adult Detention Center records indicate he was booked into jail on May 4. 

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27-year-old Dashaun Earl Pittman is charged with felony fleeing and misdemeanor fleeing. 

The court document says a Rochester police officer on patrol spotted a vehicle traveling at night without lights on in the area of the 700 block of 6th St. SE. 

After seeing the suspect vehicle run a stop sign, the officer activated his squad vehicle’s lights and sirens. 

The suspect vehicle did not stop and accelerated away from the officer, before slowing in the middle of the road along 9th Ave. SE, the complaint says.

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The driver, later identified as Pittman, was seen getting out of the vehicle and fleeing the area on foot.

The vehicle rolled to the curb where it came to a stop. A passenger was still in the vehicle and was not hurt, the complaint indicates. 

Criminal History

Court records indicate Pittman was convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in 2018 and of felony fleeing and ineligible possession of a firearm in 2019. 

He began the supervised release portion of those sentences this past January, according to Minnesota Department of Corrections records. 

Pittman made his first court appearance in the fleeing case on Wednesday. His conditional bail was set at $10,000 and he is due back in court later this month.