MARQUETTE, MI-- A Gwinn woman is lodged in the Marquette County Jail after she led police on a chase in a stolen vehicle.
Friday around 4:30 p.m. troopers from the Negaunee Post stopped a 2003 Jeep for suspected drunken driving on McClellan Avenue and US-41. When troopers approached the vehicle on foot the driver sped off northbound on McClellan. A pursuit culminated in the Jeep crashing into Holy Cross Cemetery. Several grave markers and fencing were damaged, but no injuries were reported.
The 20-year-old driver was taken into custody for operating while intoxicated, unlawful driving away of an automobile, fleeing and eluding, resisting and obstructing, and driving on a suspended license.
Her name has not been released, pending arraignment.
Marquette City Police and NMU Public Safety assisted in the incident.
