Gary J. Abeln
Name: Gary J. Abeln
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 10/26/2005
Location: 2584 4th Ave
Anoka, Minnesota, 55303
County: Anoka
Agency: Anoka Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Gary J. Abeln was seen doing wheelies (driving with the front wheel in the air) on Main Street in downtown Anoka about 1:30 a.m.; his bike slid out at a red light. Officer William Koch stopped his squad car by him, but Abeln remounted and sped away going east in the westbound lane of Main Street, said Capt. Tom Anderson. Koch and another Anoka officer, Michael Antiqua, chased him about 2 miles on Main Street to the Hwy. 10 bridge construction area. The motorcycle hit a curb in the eastbound lane, throwing him onto the bridge.
Unique ID: 4642
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