A Bristol Township man has been accused of fleeing police in a car and then running away on foot, according to police.
Last Friday around 11:17 p.m., Morrisville Borough police advised via radio that a red Chevrolet Impala took off on them and they had called off a pursuit on West Trenton Avenue, court papers stated.
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A Falls Township officer at Lincoln Highway and West Trenton Avenue spotted the vehicle and began following, engaging the vehicle’s emergency lights and siren, police said.
The chase carried on at a high rate of speed where the officer avoided a crash on Lincoln Highway near North Olds Boulevard, police said.
The Impala nearly struck a civilian vehicle at the intersection of Lincoln Highway and Oxford Valley Road as Falls Township police were calling off the chase, according to authorities.
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The Impala traveled into Middletown Township and that agency’s officers shortly after reported they were out with a vehicle and the driver fled on foot, police said.
Falls Township police rushed to assist Middletown Township officers, putting a police dog out to search for the driver, police said.
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A Falls Township officer saw the suspect flee in the area of Middletown Boulevard at the Oxford Valley Mall complex.
As the officer was searching, he released K-9 Zico to track down the suspect, who was suspected of hiding in bushes, police said.
The dog found the man and he was taken into custody, police said.
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The man who fled was identified as Dalton Jacob Kleber-Marsaglia, 18, of Bristol Township’s Croydon section, according to court papers.
Police said they took Kleber-Marsaglia to nearby Jefferson Bucks Hospital for treatment and a blood draw for testing.
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Officers spotted a plastic bag with two yellow-colored pills, which led to a search warrant being obtained for the vehicle, police said.
Kleber-Marsaglia was charged with aggravated assault by vehicle, flight to avoid apprehension/trial/punishment, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, reckless endangerment, and reckless driving. He was preliminarily arraigned Saturday morning by on-call District Judge District Judge Corryn L. Kronnagel and released on 10 percent of $15,000 bail.
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On Tuesday, Kleber-Marsaglia was preliminarily arraigned by on-call District Judge Jan Vislosky on charges of fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, reckless endangerment, and several traffic citations for the start of the case in Morrisville Borough. He was released on $75,000 unsecured bail.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
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