Owings man arrested for kidnapping after leading police on high-speed chase in Calvert County FR24 News English

On Sunday, May 26, 2024, Deputy First Class Hendrickson of the Calvert County Sheriff's Office observed a motorcycle traveling at a high rate of speed northbound on Route 4 in the Prince Frederick area.

A traffic stop was conducted and the motorcycle quickly accelerated to a speed in excess of 100 mph. The deputies initially lost sight of the bike. S/DFC Idol then located the bicycle passing Mount Harmony Elementary School and observed it turn southbound onto Route 4 in the area of ​​Briscoes Turn Road, where the driver lost control of the bicycle, causing the fall of a rear passenger from the motorcycle.

Officers stopped to assist the female passenger who was evaluated and transported to Capital Regional Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

The investigation revealed that the woman begged her boyfriend to stop the motorcycle, but he refused to do so and refused to let her get off.

The driver was identified as Austin Page Catterton, 25, of Owings.

Deputies went to Catterton's residence and found Catterton hiding in a truck bed inside the garage. The motorcycle was also in the garage.

Catterton was transported to the Calvert County Detention Center where he was charged with kidnapping and failure to obey a reasonable/lawful order of a law enforcement officer.

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