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Man Caught After Fleeing Police Checkpoint in Riegelsville: PSP

A driver who allegedly tried to flee from troopers was captured after being cornered in a business’s parking lot in Riegelsville, Pennsylvania State Police at Dublin said Tuesday.

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A driver who allegedly tried to flee from troopers was captured after being cornered in a business’s parking lot in Riegelsville, Pennsylvania State Police at Dublin said Tuesday.

In a news release, police said the 21-year-old from Phillipsburg, N.J., was operating a 2002 Saturn when he entered a “regulatory checkpoint” around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday “at a high rate of speed.”

After being ordered to pull over, police said the man fled the checkpoint, and a pursuit through Riegelsville borough ensued.

Ultimately, police said the pursuit ended in a parking lot on Easton Road (Rt. 611) in which the man “became trapped in the corner.”

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Although he wasn’t identified in the news release, police said the man was then taken into custody and charged with fleeing and eluding a police officer.

The news release indicated that the incident remains under investigation.

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