A 17-year-old Shorewood resident, Charlie Body V, has been charged in Waukesha County after a high-speed chase ended in a crash in Pewaukee.
The case is in its early stage: a charge is an accusation, not a finding that Body committed the offense.
A separate Waukesha County pursuit that began in Pewaukee in December 2023 ended in a crash in Delafield that killed two 10-year-old passengers and injured four others. The sheriff’s department said the vehicle fled from a traffic stop and crashed on Golf Road; because deputies were directly involved, Washington County investigators and the Wisconsin State Patrol were asked to investigate. The sheriff’s release describes that case, which is separate from Body’s prosecution.
Wisconsin’s fleeing-or-eluding law sets out circumstances that can make driving away from an officer a crime, including knowingly resisting a signal to stop in a way that endangers others or increasing speed in an attempt to flee. The Wisconsin State Law Library’s summary of the statute outlines those elements. The law provides general context for pursuit cases; it does not establish which counts Body faces or resolve the allegations in this case.
Wisconsin treats people who have reached 17 as adults for criminal prosecution, so a 17-year-old facing a state criminal charge generally proceeds under adult criminal procedures rather than juvenile delinquency court. That jurisdictional rule determines the court process, not whether the accusation is true or what the eventual outcome will be. People 17 or older who commit crimes are considered adults and may be sentenced as adults.
A Separate Pewaukee-Area Case
The same newsroom has previously covered another police chase in the Pewaukee area.
Body's case remains a Waukesha County charging matter arising from a chase that ended in a Pewaukee crash.
