Reading man leads police on pursuit from Shenandoah to Pottsville
PHOTO COURTESY / FIRE & FILM - State Troopers, Frackville Police, and Pottsville City Police tend to Jose Munez-Montero at the conclusion of a police pursuit in the City of Pottsville on June 24, 2019.
By Kaylee Lindenmuth | [email protected]
POTTSVILLE – A Reading, Berks County man is behind bars after he led police on a pursuit from Shenandoah to the county seat this afternoon on a sportsbike.
The pursuit began around 12:46pm Monday when members of the state police ProActive Criminal Enforcement Team attempted to pull over a white motorcycle travelling south on the Gold Star Highway.
The bike, ridden by 30-year-old Jose Munez-Montero, of Reading, took off at a high rate of speed, leading state troopers, Frackville Police, and Pottsville City Police on a pursuit down Route 61.
City police set up a road block near the Pizza Hut in the city, where Munez-Montero was apprehended.
Munez-Montero was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Anthony Kilker and committed to Schuylkill County Prison on $25,000 bail, facing 16 charges, mostly traffic violations, as well as reckless endangerment, reckless driving, and fleeing or eluding a police officer.
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