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Green Bay man awaits charges for high speed chase that injured three

By: Erin Davisson
Updated: July 9, 2012
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Green Bay, Wis.(WFRV)--A high-speed chase that crossed two counties over the weekend injured three people, including a Brown County Sheriff's deputy, and landed a Green Bay man in jail.
    25 year old Kyle Buckles was allegedly driving a stolen Dodge Viper when he took authorities on a chase from Oconto County to Brown County on Saturday.
    The Sheriff's Department tells Local Five Buckles was located Sunday hiding out in an Ashwaubenon apartment complex on Viking Drive.
    Buckles is behind bars tonight on a probation hold, as he awaits several charges in both counties, including vehicle theft and resisting arrest.
    In their efforts to stop Buckles on Saturday, deputies laid down stop sticks on Highway 41. When that failed, things took a dangerous turn.
    Brown County Sheriff's Deputy Rueben Meisner lost control of his car while trying to avoid those stop sticks. The 53 year old deputy ended up crossing the median on Highway 41, and hit a car. 27-year old Michele Lecker of Milwaukee suffered life-threatening injuries in that crash and is now in critical condition. Deputy Meisner suffered non life-threatening injuries, as did a passenger in Lecker's car, 28-year-old Paul Micheel of Daggett, Mich. Both were taken to St. Vincent Hospital.
    Randy Revling has been in dozens of high speed chases, and now teaches future officers how to deal with them as an instructor at NWTC.
    Revling told Local Five that because they can be dangerous, there are very few things that justify high-speed chases.
    He says its the officer's discretion, and the public must be in danger. In his opinion, the pursuit of Buckles seemed justified.
    Says Revling, "The next step is to continually evaluate while the pursuit goes on, are we still justified in continuing this pursuit, based on why we originally started it."
    Stop sticks are a common way to end a high-speed chase. Another is blocking the suspect's car with a police car. The pursuit for Buckles ended when he ditched the car in Green Bay, and took off on foot.
    Says Revling, "The officers are trained to control their vehicles, typically it'd be just fine to do that, but accidents happen."
    The Brown County Sheriff's Department is still investigating and refused to comment.

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