State trooper says pursuit began when man ran a red light on Highway 52.
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A September chase has produced an April guilty plea.
Bennie J. Byler, 31 of Rochester, is pleading guilty to one count of fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle. He was arrested on September 25, 2017, after a Minnesota state trooper said Byler ran a red light on Highway 52 in Rochester. A high speed chase continued to 75th Street, where authorities said Byler exited his vehicle and was taken into custody.
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for June 12.
Data is updated nightly.
| County | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Hennepin | 12150 | 785 |
| Ramsey | 4805 | 226 |
| Stearns | 2345 | 19 |
| Dakota | 2286 | 90 |
| Anoka | 2180 | 107 |
| Nobles | 1662 | 6 |
| Olmsted | 1101 | 15 |
| Washington | 1069 | 40 |
| Mower | 945 | 2 |
| Rice | 835 | 7 |
| Scott | 700 | 4 |
| Clay | 585 | 38 |
| Kandiyohi | 570 | 1 |
| Wright | 456 | 5 |
| Blue Earth | 453 | 2 |
| Todd | 400 | 2 |
| Carver | 364 | 1 |
| Lyon | 309 | 2 |
| Sherburne | 307 | 5 |
| Freeborn | 290 | 0 |
| Steele | 228 | 1 |
| Watonwan | 216 | 0 |
| Benton | 214 | 3 |
| St. Louis | 177 | 15 |
| Martin | 163 | 5 |
| Nicollet | 159 | 12 |
| Cottonwood | 134 | 0 |
| Goodhue | 129 | 8 |
| Winona | 122 | 15 |
| Crow Wing | 106 | 12 |
| Pine | 103 | 0 |
| Le Sueur | 98 | 1 |
| Chisago | 97 | 1 |
| Otter Tail | 93 | 1 |
| McLeod | 88 | 0 |
| Carlton | 85 | 0 |
| Dodge | 84 | 0 |
| Polk | 81 | 2 |
| Chippewa | 78 | 1 |
| Unassigned | 76 | 37 |
| Isanti | 72 | 0 |
| Itasca | 64 | 12 |
| Waseca | 64 | 0 |
| Douglas | 62 | 0 |
| Meeker | 61 | 1 |
| Morrison | 59 | 1 |
| Murray | 58 | 0 |
| Becker | 55 | 0 |
| Faribault | 55 | 0 |
| Jackson | 55 | 0 |
| Sibley | 54 | 2 |
| Pennington | 50 | 0 |
| Pipestone | 37 | 1 |
| Mille Lacs | 34 | 2 |
| Renville | 32 | 2 |
| Wabasha | 31 | 0 |
| Brown | 30 | 2 |
| Rock | 30 | 0 |
| Yellow Medicine | 30 | 0 |
| Beltrami | 29 | 0 |
| Fillmore | 28 | 0 |
| Houston | 25 | 0 |
| Swift | 21 | 1 |
| Norman | 20 | 0 |
| Wilkin | 20 | 3 |
| Redwood | 18 | 0 |
| Cass | 15 | 2 |
| Wadena | 15 | 0 |
| Aitkin | 14 | 0 |
| Big Stone | 14 | 0 |
| Kanabec | 14 | 1 |
| Koochiching | 14 | 1 |
| Roseau | 13 | 0 |
| Marshall | 12 | 0 |
| Grant | 10 | 0 |
| Lincoln | 10 | 0 |
| Pope | 10 | 0 |
| Mahnomen | 8 | 1 |
| Clearwater | 7 | 0 |
| Hubbard | 6 | 0 |
| Lake | 6 | 0 |
| Traverse | 5 | 0 |
| Lac qui Parle | 4 | 0 |
| Stevens | 4 | 0 |
| Red Lake | 3 | 0 |
| Kittson | 2 | 0 |
| Cook | 1 | 0 |
| Lake of the Woods | 0 | 0 |
Data is updated nightly.
| County | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Polk | 6464 | 179 |
| Woodbury | 3215 | 44 |
| Black Hawk | 2252 | 58 |
| Buena Vista | 1711 | 11 |
| Johnson | 1264 | 8 |
| Dallas | 1263 | 29 |
| Linn | 1262 | 82 |
| Marshall | 1043 | 19 |
| Scott | 778 | 10 |
| Story | 762 | 3 |
| Pottawattamie | 721 | 11 |
| Wapello | 706 | 30 |
| Dubuque | 683 | 22 |
| Crawford | 677 | 2 |
| Muscatine | 629 | 44 |
| Sioux | 463 | 0 |
| Tama | 462 | 29 |
| Wright | 380 | 1 |
| Louisa | 360 | 13 |
| Jasper | 323 | 17 |
| Plymouth | 316 | 5 |
| Warren | 273 | 1 |
| Dickinson | 264 | 2 |
| Washington | 236 | 9 |
| Webster | 213 | 2 |
| Hamilton | 187 | 1 |
| Cerro Gordo | 156 | 1 |
| Boone | 148 | 1 |
| Clay | 133 | 0 |
| Clarke | 131 | 2 |
| Allamakee | 128 | 4 |
| Mahaska | 115 | 17 |
| Shelby | 114 | 0 |
| Clinton | 107 | 1 |
| Poweshiek | 104 | 8 |
| Carroll | 96 | 1 |
| Pocahontas | 94 | 1 |
| Bremer | 92 | 6 |
| Franklin | 89 | 0 |
| Des Moines | 88 | 2 |
| Henry | 86 | 3 |
| Emmet | 85 | 0 |
| Cedar | 82 | 1 |
| Taylor | 79 | 0 |
| Monona | 76 | 0 |
| Cherokee | 75 | 1 |
| Floyd | 72 | 2 |
| Hardin | 70 | 0 |
| Marion | 70 | 0 |
| Guthrie | 66 | 4 |
| Benton | 65 | 1 |
| Sac | 63 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 59 | 0 |
| Osceola | 59 | 0 |
| Jones | 56 | 0 |
| Humboldt | 54 | 1 |
| Butler | 53 | 2 |
| Harrison | 53 | 0 |
| Lee | 53 | 2 |
| Hancock | 51 | 0 |
| Iowa | 51 | 0 |
| Buchanan | 50 | 1 |
| Monroe | 50 | 6 |
| Calhoun | 49 | 2 |
| Delaware | 49 | 1 |
| Fayette | 48 | 0 |
| Madison | 45 | 2 |
| Clayton | 43 | 3 |
| Lyon | 41 | 0 |
| Palo Alto | 41 | 0 |
| Davis | 39 | 1 |
| Winneshiek | 38 | 0 |
| Grundy | 37 | 0 |
| Mitchell | 37 | 0 |
| Mills | 36 | 0 |
| Howard | 35 | 0 |
| Kossuth | 34 | 0 |
| Lucas | 30 | 4 |
| Greene | 29 | 0 |
| Jackson | 29 | 0 |
| Chickasaw | 28 | 0 |
| Winnebago | 28 | 0 |
| Union | 27 | 0 |
| Ida | 23 | 0 |
| Cass | 22 | 0 |
| Appanoose | 20 | 3 |
| Keokuk | 20 | 1 |
| Page | 20 | 0 |
| Van Buren | 20 | 0 |
| Worth | 19 | 0 |
| Audubon | 16 | 1 |
| Unassigned | 16 | 0 |
| Adair | 15 | 0 |
| Ringgold | 15 | 0 |
| Decatur | 11 | 0 |
| Montgomery | 10 | 2 |
| Wayne | 10 | 0 |
| Adams | 8 | 0 |
| Fremont | 7 | 0 |
