A routine traffic stop in Owasso turned into a chase Thursday when officers discovered a motorcyclist was wanted in Texas for sexual assault against a child.
The stop happened on northbound 169 near 76th Street North. When an officer ran the operator’s license, the rider came back as a wanted felon out of Texas.
WATCH: Owasso police chase ends at ‘crash out curve,’ suspect wanted for child sex assault arrested
Owasso police chase ends at ‘crash out curve,’ suspect wanted for child sex assault arrested
Owasso Police Captain Nick Boatman said the suspect tried to flee but couldn’t navigate a stretch of road locals call the “crash out curve,” near a Taco Bell.
“We were happy to get this guy off the street. This all started as just a traffic stop. An officer saw a motorcycle that had some defective equipment on it, and when he went up to make contact, he got the operator’s license and ran him, and that operator came back wanted out of Texas for these heinous charges, one of them, which was sexual assault against a child,” Boatman said…