NEWS

High speed Great Falls chase results in charges

Jo Dee Black
jblack@greatfallstribune.com

A high-speed chase late Saturday morning resulted in multiple charges for both the driver and her passenger.

Mariha Larson, 20, is charged with eluding police, reckless driving, driving with a suspended license, no vehicle insurance, driving the wrong way on a one-way street, driving a vehicle with a suspended registration and driving a vehicle with plates registered to another vehicle.

Mariha Larson

Saturday about 11:30 a.m., an officer pulled Larson over on the 100 block of 9th Street South after running her plate and learning it was for a different vehicle. According to the police report, Larson pulled over, but took off northbound after the office got out of his vehicle. She turned east on 1st Avenue South, which is a one-way west bound street, then cut through the parking lot of the fire station.

The police suspended the chase because Larson was traveling at speed up to 50 miles per hour on 6th Avenue South, according to the report.

Allan Krank

Her vehicle was located in the parking lot of McDonald's on 10th Avenue South. When officers approached the vehicle the passenger, Allan Krank, 47, fled. He was caught by officers, who found hydrocodone pills that Krank does not have a prescription for on his body, according to the police report. Krank also has an outstanding warrant from Cascade County. He is charged with obstruction of a police officer and possessing dangerous drugs.