UPDATE: Chase from Shorewood ends in Whitefish Bay near Hampton and Navajo

By: Justin Thompson-Gee

Posted: May 17, 2018 12:40 PM CDT

Updated: 11:21 a.m. May 23, 2018

SHOREWOOD, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Shorewood Police say on May 16 they saw a minivan driving on Capitol Driver with the passenger side sliding door open. Police attempted to stop the car but it fled at a high rate of speed before crashing near Hampton and Santa Monica.

The occupants of the car fled the scene but the driver was arrested a short time later.

The driver admitted to being involved in a property theft that happened in Shorewood just prior to the attempted traffic stop. The property was recovered and returned to the owner.

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Posted: 12:40 p.m. May 17, 2018

WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Whitefish Bay Police are investigating after a high speed chase ended on Hampton Avenue Wednesday night.

A CBS 58 viewer sent in photos of the scene where the chase ended near Hampton and Navajo around 9 p.m. Police were searching the area around Estabrook Park for the people in the van that was chased.

Whitefish Bay Police say they did chase a vehicle but would not give specifics of why the minivan was chased.