Police chase in Milwaukee; Man accused of driving the wrong way down a one-way street

MILWAUKEE – A 20-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of leading Milwaukee police on a chase after he was allegedly seen driving the wrong way on a one-way street on the city's south side.

The defendant is Alexis Baeza-Fuentes – and he is charged with the following crimes:

• Operating a motor vehicle to flee or attempt to elude an officer
• Reckless endangerment of safety in the second degree

According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police were on patrol Thursday evening, Sept. 26, when they spotted a car traveling the wrong way on W. Bow Street (a one-way street) near 16th and Greenfield on the south side of the city city ​​drove.

The officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop. But the driver ignored the lights and siren and “accelerated the car to get away,” the complaint states. During the police chase, the car “briefly crossed into oncoming traffic on S. Cesar Chavez Drive, went the wrong way on a one-way street on W. Lapham Street, nearly hit a car on S. Muskego Avenue, drove into an alley and…” “disobeyed at least nine stop signs,” the complaint states.

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The defendant was eventually taken into custody.

Online court records show Baeza-Fuentes made her first appearance in Milwaukee District Court on Friday, Sept. 27.