SENTENCED: Daniel Montemayor to spend time in Huber facility, charged in high-speed pursuit

WAUKESHA COUNTY (WITI) -- Charged in connection with a high-speed chase that began in New Berlin and ended in Greenfield this past summer, 18-year-old Daniel Montemayor has been sentenced in the case against him.

Daniel Montemayor

Montemayor pleaded guilty in December to a felony charge of second degree recklessly endangering safety.

He was sentenced on Thursday, February 5th to eight months in Waukesha County's Huber facility -- with credit for 198 days served.

Montemayor has a pending case out of Waukesha County in which he has pleaded guilty to manufacturing/delivering THC (less than 200 grams) as party to a crime.

The eight months in Huber will be served consecutive to any sentence Montemayor receives in that pending case.

The criminal complaint filed against Montemayor says a New Berlin police officer responded to the area of 5900 South Moorland Road in New Berlin on the evening of July 22nd, 2014. That officer had information that the Muskego Police Department and the Waukesha County Metro Drug Enforcement Unit were going to attempt to stop a vehicle involved in a drug transaction in Muskego. The New Berlin officer was prepared to provide traffic assistance if needed.

The complaint says just before 8:30 p.m., the New Berlin police officer noticed the vehicle in question pass his location at a high-rate of speed. The suspect vehicle was followed by several marked police squads, with their lights and sirens activated.

The New Berlin police officer joined the pursuit, which continued northbound on Moorland Road.

The complaint says the vehicle swerved quickly to the left into oncoming, southbound traffic, as the vehicle's operator attempted to avoid stop sticks that had been deployed in the northbound lane.

The New Berlin police officer estimated the suspect vehicle to be traveling at a speed estimated to be between 65 and 75 miles-per-hour. The complaint says several vehicles in the southbound lanes of Moorland Road had to stop to avoid colliding with the suspect vehicle.

The suspect vehicle eventually crossed West Small Road -- and that's when the other law enforcement officials terminated the pursuit.

The New Berlin police officer, however, continued to follow the suspect vehicle.

The suspect vehicle continued northbound on Moorland Road -- weaving in and out of traffic.

The driver approached I-43 -- and entered an on-ramp for the interstate. The New Berlin police officer followed, with his lights and sirens activated.

The vehicle proceeded northbound on I-43 -- weaving in and out of traffic. The New Berlin police officer paced the vehicle at between 90 and 100 miles-per-hour.

The vehicle continued northbound on I-43 to the Hale Interchange, and headed eastbound on I-94.

The vehicle approached the exit for southbound 60th Street in Greenfield -- and the complaint says traffic became more congested -- and was slowing down for emergency vehicles pursuing the suspect vehicle.

As the driver got to the South 60th Street area, the New Berlin police officer observed the suspect vehicle had crashed -- and there were two individuals now running from the vehicle. Both appeared to be while males in their late teens or early 20s with dark hair.

The New Berlin police officer exited his vehicle and ordered both of the suspects to stop. They continued to flee -- jumping over a fence and falling between 18 to 20 feet to a parking lot below.

At that point, two other officers joined the New Berlin police officer in the area.

The complaint says the suspects ran southbound along a vacant building.

One of the officers gave chase and broadcast that one of the suspects (not Montemayor) had removed a handgun from his waistband and had thrown it onto the roof of a building.

The complaint says that handgun was later recovered, and was found to be a 9 mm Glock.

When the suspects noticed the officer chasing them -- they turned back and began to run towards the New Berlin officer who initially gave chase when the suspects were still in a vehicle, police say. At this point, one of the suspects began to limp. He was noted to have a black object in his hand -- which was believed to be a handgun, but was later found to be a case containing suspected marijuana.

This suspect continued to run -- but eventually stopped and was taken into custody.

The second suspect, Montemayor, fled on foot, southbound through a parking lot.

The complaint says officers set up a perimeter and began to search for Montemayor.

He was eventually located and apprehended by members of the Greenfield Police Department -- and a Greenfield Police Department K9 unit.

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