(IRON MOUNTAIN, MI.)–On 05/13/17 at 10:56pm the Iron Mountain Police Department was involved in a high speed vehicle pursuit. The pursuit started in the area of the Midtown Mall in the City of Iron Mountain. The pursuit headed South on Carpenter Avenue (M-95) and into the State of Wisconsin. The pursuit ended with the occupants fleeing into a wooded area in Marinette County. The suspect vehicle was recovered. The Iron Mountain Police Department was assisted with this incident by the Kingsford Public Safety Department, The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Department, The Florence County Sheriff’s Department, the Niagara Police Department and the Marinette County Sheriff’s Department.
As a result of the investigation the following charges have been issued for the following subject by Dickinson County Prosecutor Lisa Richards.
Ziak Vang 33 YO Asian Male
Green Bay Wisconsin
Count 1: Controlled Substance Methamphetamine
10 Years and/or $15,000.00
Count 2: Police Officer-Fleeing Third Degree
5 Years and/or $1,000.00
Count 3: Police Officer-Fleeing Third Degree
5 Years and/or $1,000.00
Count 4 Tampering with Evidence
4 Years and/or $5,000.00
Count 5: Police Officer Resisting/Obstructing
2 Years and/or$2,000.00
Count 6: Controlled Substance Marijuana
1 Year and/or $2,000.00
Count 7: Driving-Reckless
93 Days and or $500.00
Habitual Offender-Second Offense Notice
Vang was arrested a few hours after the vehicle pursuit ended in the area where the suspect vehicle was recovered. Vang was arrested by the Marinette County Wisconsin Sheriffs Department on a Probation/Parole detainer from the State of Wisconsin. Vang has since been transferred to the Brown County Wisconsin Jail for the Probation/Parole Detainer.
Vang will be extradited back to Michigan from Wisconsin once his Wisconsin criminal charges are complete.
(Aaron Harper,WJNR,WOBE,WHTO)
aaronharper22@gmail.com