Wanted Felon In Custody After Police Chase & Crash

April 13, 2022 2:31 am

A police chase that began in North Franklin Township ended in a multi-vehicle crash in downtown Washington Tuesday morning. State Police Trooper Forrest Allison tells WJPA News that troopers attempted to pull over a car driven by Stanley Adler of Washington, on Mineola Avenue, when they recognized him and realized he was wanted on a felony warrant. Adler, however, failed to stop and fled the scene, leading police on a chase into the city. Trooper Allison says the chase ended when the driver hit a Freedom Transit bus and three other cars at the intersection of Beau and North Main streets. Allison says Adler was arrested on the original warrant and then taken for arraignment on multiple other charges, including fleeing or attempting to elude an officer. He was then lodged in the Washington County Jail on fifty-thousand-dollars bond for the original warrant and fifty-thousand-dollars stemming from the charges related to the police chase. A passenger in his vehicle, Austin McConn was also wanted on a warrant and Allison says he was taken straight to the county jail on fifty-thousand-dollars bond. One person was reportedly injured the crash. The Freedom Transit Bus sustained some minor damage to the bumper but is back in service. It’s driver and a passenger were not hurt.