Detroit Lakes , MN (KDLM)- A 45-year-old Minneapolis man has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony fleeing and for having stolen property.
Court documents say another man told police that left his car running outside of Ace Hardware in Detroit Lakes and that his car was gone when he came out of the store a few minutes later. went into the store for 3 minutes and came back and found his car gone,” according to the criminal complaint.
A White Earth police officer saw the vehicle going north on Highway 59, and the officer started to pursue the vehicle when it refused to stop.
Matthew Sorenson of Minneapolis was reportedly going as fast as 124 mph when he eventually crashed in Pennington County. Sorenson has a history of being charged with theft, where he has at least five felonies in the last 10 years and has five pending cases since July.


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