After 12-Mile Car Chase, Mendota Heights Man Thanks Trooper For Saving His Life
A bizarre 12-mile-long car chase involving $13,000 cash wrapped in aluminum foil and a sober driver refusing a blood test ended in the arrest of a 33-year-old Mendota Heights man.
Raul Zarate's 12-mile-long President's Day run from police was not your typical car chase. The Mendota Heights man never exceeded 60 miles per hour. He drove over a police spike strip but his tires did not deflate. He refused breath and blood tests even though he was sober. And the more than $13,000 in cash found wrapped in aluminum foil and stashed in Zarate's jacket seems to have been legitimately earned. Zarate, 33, eventually told police in a mix of Spanish and English he was "doing this all for my daughter" but declined to elaborate, and the Rice County Attorney's Office is charging him with fleeing police and refusing a drug test. He faces up to four years behind bars and an $8,000 fine. Around 11 a.m. Monday, Rice County dispatch …
kalene
10:42 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
you people dont even know the man or what has been going on in his life. u should be thankful that not everyone is as non-judgemental as u. i know him and know that he has had a lot going on and was not drinking. blood shot eyes can be caused by several different things including crying and/or not getting enough sleep. among other reasons. so why dont u crawl back into ur fricken hole and keep ur… more ›