A 37 year old Appleton man who led police on a high speed
chase in Fond du Lac and Dodge counties…slamming into a sheriff’s
squad has entered a not guilty plea by reason of mental disease or
defect. At a hearing Friday Judge Richard Nuss ordered a competency
evaluation for Maxwell Verkuilen.
Verkuilen is charged with recklessly endangering safety and attempting to flee an officer. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the chase happened Monday
evening March 3rd when the suspect’s vehicle was spotted on Highway 41
southbound near Highway 23. The vehicle turned northbound on 41, exited at County
Highway B colliding
with a sheriff’s squad.
The squad rolled over. The vehicle headed north on 175 into the city of Fond du Lac. The sheriff's deputy received non life-threatening injuries. The suspect's vehicle continued southbound on Highway 151 into Dodge
County and eventually turned into a driveway off Oakwood Road, traveled
around some outbuildings before being struck by a sheriff’s squad bringing the vehicle to a stop.
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