The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office received a request from the Watertown Police Department to check on the welfare of a woman who called 911 from a location in their city. Information obtained during that 911 call indicated the woman was possibly in need of medical help, was with a male individual. Watertown officers were not able to find the caller at the location.

Fox Lake Police located a vehicle shortly after 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 30 near the city of Fox Lake, and the sheriff’s office requested mutual aid to stop the car to check the woman's welfare. The vehicle failed to yield to the officer and fled at high speeds along State Highway 33, and other various roads between, into the city of Beaver Dam. Officers from the Beaver Dam Police Department and Dodge County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the pursuit.

A sheriff’s lieutenant performed two Pursuit Immobilization Techniques on the vehicle in Beaver Dam, the second of which successfully ended the chase.

The male driver of the vehicle exited and fled on foot but was soon apprehended by officers. Both the driver and his female passenger were taken by ambulance to the hospital for medical clearance and later brought to the Dodge County Jail. Neither were injured during the incident.

Charges will be requested by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office to the Dodge County District Attorney’s Office against the driver, Romeo Hennings, 33, Milwaukee, for felony fleeing/eluding an officer, possession with intent to deliver cocaine.

The Beaver Dam Police Department will be requesting charges against him for resisting or obstructing an officer.

The female passenger, Zhane McPike, 32, Milwaukee, will have charges requested for possession of cocaine, and party to the crime of possession with intent to deliver cocaine.