TONTITOWN, Ark. (WWJ) — Two Metro Detroit men are in custody in Arkansas after allegedly leading police on a multi-state police chase in a stolen U-Haul van loaded with guns and explosive weapons.
Robert Mercier and Trenton Johnson, both 21 are facing more than a dozen charges after the chase that topped out at 120 mph and spanned Arkansas and Oklahoma, according to the Tontitown Police Department.
Both men had warrants out of Westland, wanted for “trying to run over multiple police officers,” according to Tontitown police. Court records list New Boston, Mich., as the last known address for the men, according to a report from the Associated Press .
Around 5 p.m. Wednesday Tontitown police were requested to assist multiple other agencies with a high-speed pursuit as it approached the city limits of Tontitown. The chase ultimately ended with a PIT maneuver on I-49 just outside the city.
Authorities say the officer that carried out the maneuver rolled multiple times, coming to rest in a field near a church on the side of the highway, a scene caught by dash camera and shared on social media .