Two pursuits, three stolen vehicles, and a home invasion; Are they related?

DODGE/FOND DU LAC COUNTIES (WITI) -- Dodge and Fond du Lac County Sheriff's officials are working to determine whether two pursuits involving three stolen vehicles -- and a home invasion occurring over the weekend are connected. Could the same suspect be responsible for all of these incidents?

The first incident occurred on Saturday, August 9th just after 10:30 p.m.

Dodge County Sheriff's officials assisted Fond du Lac County Sheriff's officials with a vehicle pursuit that entered into Dodge County.

Officials were following a vehicle headed southbound on Highway 175.

The vehicle was reported stolen out of Berlin, Wisconsin.

The pursuit ended in a crash that occurred in the area of County Highway Y and County Highway YY.

Officials say the driver of the stolen vehicle fled the scene on foot into a cornfield. A search was conducted, but the driver wasn't located.

The second incident occurred early Sunday morning, August 10th -- around 1:00 a.m.

Dodge County Sheriff's officials again assisted Fond du Lac County Sheriff's officials with a pursuit that continued into the city of Beaver Dam -- before the driver turned and headed northbound.

This pursuit ended in a crash in the Town of Trenton.

Officials say the driver fled on foot into a cornfield -- and wasn't located.

While investigating this incident, it was learned that this second vehicle was reported stolen -- and while responding to the vehicle's owner's residence, officials learned a third vehicle was discovered stolen by Fond du Lac County Sheriff's deputies -- in their jurisdiction.

Officials say it is believed that all three of these stolen vehicles and the two pursuits into Dodge County are related.

Later Sunday, just before 8:00 p.m., officials learned a homeowner in the Town of Trenton returned home to find someone had broken into their residence and stolen a firearm -- and ammunition. That homeowner also reported a vehicle stolen from the residence.

Dodge County Sheriff's officials say it is believed that this incident Sunday evening is related to the same suspect responsible for the earlier pursuits.

Evidence was recovered from the residence in the Town of Trenton.

Officials say this is an open and active investigation -- and they are investigating a person of interest in this case.

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