🌱 How a Beecher police chase ended with an arrest in Crete Township
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- How a Beecher police chase ended with an arrest in Crete Township
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📰 News we're reading
• Beecher Police Capture Man After Fleeing (wivr1017.com) — A police pursuit that began in Beecher ended in Crete Township when a driver crashed into a utility pole near Klemme Road and Old Post Road and was arrested after a brief foot chase. Crete Police joined the chase as it moved north on Route 1, and the suspect was later taken to the Will County Adult Detention Facility with charges pending. 
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🗞 Nearby News
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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