LaCRESCENT, Minn. (FOX 9) - A man has been charged after he stole his girlfriend's car in La Crescent, led police on a pursuit, then jumped into the Mississippi River and climbed onto a barge.

Wisconsin man charged with fleeing police, stealing car

What we know:

Chase Allen Cottrell, 24, has been charged with one count of fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle and one count of stealing a motor vehicle.

According to the charges, in the early morning hours of Oct. 18, a La Crescent police officer was contacted by a Houston County Sheriff's Deputy asking for help locating a maroon sedan that was stolen.

The deputy said that Cottrell was a suspect in an earlier assault involving his girlfriend, who is the owner of the maroon sedan, and while the deputy was talking to the girlfriend,

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