Orland teen charged in weekend's wild chase on interstates - Press Herald
Austin Ashmore, 18, from Orland, was chased by police from two law enforcement agencies for 19 miles as they used a spike mat, a car-bumping technique and finally rammed the truck into the center median before arresting him on seven criminal... Ashmore, who at the end of the chase was driving north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 295 south of Augusta, was finally taken into custody when Trooper Jesse Duda rammed the truck into a ditch in the median with his cruiser. Ashmore is charged with eluding a police officer, passing a police roadblock and spike mat, aggravated criminal speed and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon – the stolen truck – all Class C felonies punishable by up to five years in prison. Ashmore was driving a 2014 Chevy Silverado reported stolen in Orland, in Hancock County, when he was spotted driving erratically on Interstate 95 south near mile 122 in Sidney, according to Lt. Mark Brooks, commander of state police Troop C... Duda and several other law enforcement officers from state police and the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office pursued Ashmore at high speeds for about 19 miles through Sidney and Manchester, through Augusta, back onto the interstate and then onto... Source: www.pressherald.com
