Two Stratford men are in the Marathon County Jail after leading law enforcement on a highway chase of up to 120 miles per hour Monday morning and throwing a beer keg out the window of their vehicle during the pursuit, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
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Kolton Kafka, 19 was arrested on charges of first-offense drunken driving and knowingly fleeing an officer after driving his vehicle on a three-mile chase, sheriff’s Lt. Dale Wisnewski said. One of his passengers, Kevin Schleicher, 21, was arrested on a charge of recklessly endangering safety for throwing an empty keg out the window, Wisnewski said.
A sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop the vehicle for defective rear lights and erratic driving when it sped off at about 3:30 a.m. on Highway N, Wisnewski said. After three miles the vehicle stopped near the intersection of highways N and H in the town of Cassel.
Two other passengers, Benjamin Theisen, 20, and Micah Ehrike, 18, were cited for underage drinking, Wisnewski said. Kafka and Schleicher will remain in jail until court on Tuesday.
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