Armed Carjacking Suspects Wanted In Waushara County Captured In Fond du Lac

“I just wanted to get some doughnuts” a shopper in the Festival Foods parking lot told KFIZ News Director Doug Raflik Monday, October 16, 2023, as about a dozen law enforcement officers from Fond du Lac County, City of Fond du Lac and Wisconsin State Patrol quickly converged on the location, long guns drawn on a white Crown Victoria.

The scene started Sunday when a vehicle in Waushara County was stolen at gunpoint.

An officer with the Waushara County Sheriff’s Office spotted the vehicle driving north on Highway 49 just before 11 PM and attempted to pull it over. The driver accelerated in an attempt to elude the officer and a pursuit was started.

The driver turned east on Highway 10 entering Waupaca County. A Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper set up on 10 in an attempt to deploy a tire deflation device in front of the vehicle, but due to the driver driving without headlights, the attempt didn’t work.

Now in Winnebago County, all officers terminated the pursuit.

Today, at 10:15 AM, information was broadcast to all Fond du Lac County law enforcement that the vehicle stolen from Waushara County was found abandoned in Winnebago County and the person likely was now in a white Crown Victoria as one was stolen near where the first vehicle was found.

It was discovered almost instantly that the vehicle now in possession of the armed carjacker was seen in the city of Fond du Lac just 5 minutes prior to the broadcast. This was confirmed via one of the Flock Cameras strategically placed around the county.

With this information, all available units started looking for the Crown Victoria.

Within five minutes after realizing the vehicle was nearby, a Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Deputy spotted the vehicle westbound into the City of Fond du Lac on Johnson Street from Highway 151.

He followed the vehicle into the Festival Foods grocery store parking lot where a high risk felony stop took place.

Without incident, the male driver and female passenger in the car were taken into custody.