On December 19th, (2019) at approximately 2:35 pm the Sandusky Police were dispatched to a vehicle that was stolen from the Speedy Q parking lot in Sandusky. The vehicle lost control and left the roadway striking a tree on S. Fulton St. less than a block away. The suspect displayed a knife towards the owner of the vehicle as he approached the crash site. The suspect then ran south on S. Fulton St. As police units were responding Dispatch notified Sandusky Community Schools to be placed into lock-down for their safety as the schools are approximately 6 city blocks away. Responding officers then quickly located the fleeing suspect running east in the Firebird Theater parking lot where he appeared to attempt to enter another vehicle in the Dairy Queen parking lot but was unsuccessful. The suspect was then followed and cornered near the Sandusky DPW building and held at gunpoint until other units arrived. The quick and effective decision of a Taser deployment then stopped the suspect with the knife from harming himself or others.
The suspect is a 19 year old male from Macomb, MI and was found to have been staying with family in Sandusky for the holidays. He was transported to Mckenzie Health Systems for evaluation and was later lodged in the Sanilac County Jail.
Sandusky Police Chief Brett said he was very proud of the responding units. This whole incident from the time of the first 911 call to the time of the suspect in police custody took only 6 minutes.
The Sandusky Police Department was assisted by Sanilac Ambulance, Sandusky Fire Department, Sanilac County Drug Task Force and Sanilac County Sheriff’s Office.
