The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Beaver Dam Police Department, investigated reports of a man who was forcing traffic to stop and asking for money. A traffic stop on the suspect vehicle was performed around midnight on March 15, but the suspect fled the stop and a pursuit of the suspect resulted in his eventual arrest.

A report from a citizen driving on US Highway 151 in Dodge County, that a man was driving erratically, chasing them, and at one point had stopped in front of their car, forcing them to stop on the highway. The man exited his vehicle and was asking the caller for money. The caller was able to get away and reported the suspect exited at a Beaver Dam exit. As deputies were investigating, a second caller reported a similar incident in the city of Beaver Dam.

Beaver Dam Police officers located the suspect and performed a traffic stop. The investigating deputies went to the traffic stop to continue the investigation in conjunction with Beaver Dam officers.

During the traffic stop, officers suspected the driver was possibly under the influence and ordered him out of the car to conduct an impaired driving investigation. The man refused and instead fled the traffic stop in his vehicle. Officers and deputies pursued the suspect together. The chase went through the city of Beaver Dam, east on County Highway B to State Highway 26, then south towards Juneau. A Juneau Police Officer successfully deployed a tire deflation device. The suspect continued but stopped and was taken into custody in the 500 block of South Main Street, in Juneau.

The driver is 36-year-old William McCann, of Middleton. He was arrested for operating while impaired by a deputy. Charges for felony fleeing/eluding and multiple counts of bail jumping will be requested with the Dodge County District Attorney’s Office.