TOLEDO, Ohio — A Maumee man is to appear before a judge Monday after an incident Saturday in which he allegedly fled from police, led officers on a chase and ended up crashing into a police cruiser and a bar - all while traveling with a suspected grenade in his vehicle.
Augustine C. Rancatore, 18, is charged with failure to comply with the order of a police officer - a third-degree felony - and was booked into the Lucas County jail on Saturday.
According to court documents, Rancatore was being stopped for a traffic violation at Airport Road and Western Avenue when he fled. Toledo police pursued Rancatore and he crashed into a police car and into Beer Thirty at 1316 Front St.
A police report states that the Northwest Ohio Bomb Squad was called out to the crash scene at Beer Thirty after a search of Rancatore's car revealed a possible live hand grenade in the center console. The bomb squad retrieved the device and as of the time of the report had not yet determined if it was live.
