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Two male suspects managed to shake pursuit by Galion police, Crawford County Sheriff’s deputies and the Ohio State Highway Patrol late Wednesday evening, but they left the vehicle behind which turned out to be stolen.
Galion Police Chief Brian Saterfield said his officers answered a call sometime after 10 p.m. Wednesday about a suspicious vehicle on South Street. When officers responded the vehicle was located but took off.
The vehicle was quickly located by the archery range, but the two white males in the vehicle had fled from that scene on foot. Sheriff’s deputies and Highway Patrol troopers aided in the search for the two men but they were not located.
The vehicle, however, turned out to be stolen from Clinton County in southwest Ohio in what authorities there say was a burglary. Another stolen vehicle was recovered at that scene.
Saterfield said later Wednesday night, following the pursuit in Galion, a vehicle was stolen in the Iberia area of Morrow County. Saterfield indicated authorities believe that the suspects they were chasing may also be responsible for taking that vehicle and fleeing.
Saterfield said that currently his department is working with Clinton County authorities on the case which remains under investigation.