Rochester Motorist Accused of Fleeing Police With Fugitive from Walmart Parking Lot

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Rochester man has been charged in connection with a fleeing incident tied to an attempted warrant arrest. 

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That’s according to a criminal complaint filed in Olmsted County Court on Monday. 

The incident occurred earlier this month and began in the parking lot of a Rochester Walmart store. 

20-Year-Old Facing Felony for Fleeing Incident at Walmart South in Rochester

20-year-old Jayden Emmanuel Del Angel Carreon is charged with one count of felony fleeing. 

The criminal complaint says Rochester police were trying to apprehend a suspect on an active arrest warrant at the south Walmart store on March 17. 

The wanted person, who is not named in the complaint, fled officers on foot in the store parking lot and entered the passenger's side of a vehicle. The court document also indicates a man was in the driver’s seat of the vehicle. 

The driver then fled the scene, the complaint says. 

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Police identified Carreon as the driver after reviewing surveillance camera footage, the court document states. Carreon was arrested on Friday. 

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In a statement with investigators he admitted to seeing officers trying to stop his vehicle but said he decided to flee the scene, the complaint says. 

The court document does not say whether or not law enforcement found the fugitive they tried arresting at Walmart. 

Carreon was released without bail following his first court appearance on Monday. He is due back in court next month.