On April 10th at around 9:50 p.m., police were dispatched to 1601 Haines Avenue for a report of a vehicle that was just stolen from the location. A short time later, police located the vehicle, a Chevy Silverado pickup in the area of Rapp Street and Eglin Street. A traffic stop on the vehicle was attempted, but it did not stop and a pursuit began. The pursuit headed west into the Lakota Homes area. As the vehicle was eastbound on Crazy Horse St., it attempted to negotiate a right turn onto Haines Avenue. As it turned, it crashed into a marked patrol unit resulting a minor injury to an officer. The vehicle continued east onto Mall Drive. The vehicle attempted to negotiate a right turn from Mall drive to head southbound on N. Lacrosse, it struck another vehicle before turning to head west onto E. Disk Drive. The pickup drove through the parking lot at 2200 Maple Avenue. The pursuit came to an end on the northwest corner of 2200 Maple Avenue after the pickup became disabled following a collision with a guardrail that caused to pickup to go airborne. Both occupants were ordered out of the vehicle. The female driver was identified as 18-year-old Grace Obr and the male passenger was identified as 34-year-old Brian Dubray, both of Rapid City. Obr was placed under arrest for Theft of a Motor Vehicle, Possession of a Stolen Vehicle, Aggravated Eluding, Aggravated Assault on Law Enforcement, Hit and Run Injury Accident, Failure to Report an Accident, No Driver’s License, a Probation Hold, and a Warrant. Dubray was placed under arrest for Theft of a Motor Vehicle, and Possession of a Stolen Vehicle.
Here’s a picture of the patrol vehicle damaged in the pursuit.
