Police mentioned an 80-year-old Melvindale resident was sexually assaulted by a person on the Michigan Welcome Middle on northbound I-75 in Monroe Township.
Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough mentioned the incident occurred at about 2:29 p.m. on April 10.
The Monroe County Central Dispatch obtained experiences of a person grabbing a number of males by the genitals within the lavatory on the Welcome Middle earlier than bodily attacking and sexually assaulting the Melvindale man within the foyer and dragging him into the toilet.
Witnesses and bystanders intervened and the suspect, a 32-year-old Detroit man, fled the Welcome Middle on foot, crossing the northbound journey lanes of I-75 to a automobile parked on the southbound median shoulder.
A number of deputies had been dispatched to the scene.
The primary deputy to reach positioned the suspect, who was in a silver Chevrolet Impala.
The suspect fled southbound and the deputy pursued him.
An Erie Township police officer joined the pursuit.
The automobile pursuit continued southbound and crossed into Ohio.
Police mentioned the suspect’s automobile ran out of fuel simply north of I-280 and he was taken into custody with out additional incident.
Toledo Police arrived to help and lodged the suspect within the Lucas County Jail the place he awaits extradition to Michigan for quite a lot of assaultive crimes and fleeing and eluding.
The person’s identification is being withheld pending formal arraignment in 1st District Court docket in Erie.
The incident stays underneath investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace Detective Bureau.
Anybody with info is requested to contact detectives at 734-240-7530.