Man leads deputies on high-speed chase through Aitkin, Carlton Counties

A Minneapolis man was arrested March 21 after leading sheriff department deputies from Aitken and Carlton Counties on a high-speed chase that ended just west of Interstate 35.

Derrick James Holmes, 32, was charged in Aitkin County Court with felony possession of stolen property, felony fleeing a police officer, fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance plus misdemeanor charges of reckless driving, theft of gas and driving after revocation.

According to the criminal complaint:

Following a gas drive-off from the Holiday Station store in Aitkin just before 9 a.m. March 21, an Aitkin Count...