UPDATED Bluffton Police Department statement: Late March 15 incident resolved
UPDATED MARCH 16 AT 12:30 P.M.
The Bluffton Police Department has issued the following update regarding an incident north of the Village of Bluffton:
On March 15th at approximately 1130pm Officers from the Bluffton Police Department attempted to stop a vehicle for a speeding violation.
The vehicle fled from officers and traveled northbound on Interstate 75. The fleeing vehicle crossed into the southbound lanes and drove through a ditch where it eventually stopped, and the occupants fled the vehicle.
Two juvenile suspects were located a short time later and were arrested and transported to the Allen County Juvenile Detention Center.
Lt. Matt Oglesbee
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