Man guilty of one chase now charged with another

It turns out that when a then-18-year-old motorcycle driver led authorities tracking him from an airplane on a high-speed chase through Ozaukee County last year — a crime for which he was sentenced to a year in jail— it may not have been the first time he fled from the cops.

Based in part on a credit card West Allis resident Dakota R. Flasch, now 19, used to buy gas, authorities have connected him to another chase just eight days before the one that landed him in jail. He was charged Monday in Ozaukee County Circuit Court with second-degree recklessly endangering safety and two counts of fleeing an officer, all felonies.

Both chases were brazen, according to criminal complaints, with Flasch hitting speeds of well over 100 mph on I-43 and driving between vehicles — so-called lane splitting — as he sped away from multiple officers. During the chase described in the complaint filed this week, when an Ozaukee County sheriff’s deputy who broke off the chase later spotted him at a gas station, Flasch wagged his finger at him to indicate the officer couldn’t catch him, then sped off and escaped.

According to the complaint filed in that case, at 5:07 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, deputy Noah Narlock was parked in the area of Highway D and I-43 overpass in Belgium when he saw a black and silver motorcycle, which did not have a license plate, exit the freeway.

The driver of the motorcycle, later identified as Flasch, took note of the deputy, then got back on the freeway. Narlock chased Flasch north on I-43, but with the deputy driving at between 90 and 100 mph, Narlock pulled away from him, the complaint states.

Before he lost sight of Flasch, Narlock saw him weaving in and out of traffic, and when he came up to a group of cars driving next to a semi, Flasch drove between them, according to the complaint.

Narlock broke off the chase, but decided to continue north and see if Flasch exited I-43 at Oostburg and stopped at a Kwik Trip store near the freeway. The deputy spotted him near the store, and as Flasch passed him, he taunted Narlock by wagging his finger at him, the complaint states.

Narlock again began pursuing Flasch north on I-43 but broke off the chase as Flasch sped away.

Surveillance video from the Kwik Trip store showed the rider of a Honda CBR 600RR, marketed as a “supersport motorcycle” pull up to a gas pump at 5:10 p.m. June 4. The driver kept his helmet on.

Narlock obtained the receipt for the gas purchase and learned that the credit card used belonged to Flasch, who looked like the driver of the motorcycle, and a woman. The deputy later learned that the same credit card was used to make a gas purchase during the chase eight days later on Thursday, June 12, that led to Flasch’s arrest. In that chase, Flasch was driving a Honda CBR without a license plate, according to the complaint.

The June 12 chase began when the pilot of a Wisconsin State Patrol airplane, Trooper Joe Youngblood, notified an officer on I-43 that he was tracking a motorcycle traveling north on I-43 at speeds ranging from 113 to 150 mph.

The trooper on the ground spotted the motorcycle weaving through traffic on the freeway in the Town of Grafton, positioned himself behind it and activated his emergency lights and siren, but after about 10 seconds he lost sight of the cycle.

Because of the traffic volume and the behavior of the motorcycle driver, who was later identified as Flasch, as well as the fact Youngblood continued to track the motorcycle from the air, the officer on the ground discontinued his pursuit.

As Youngblood continued to follow Flasch, he saw him cut through the triangular area between the Highway 60 off ramp and the freeway to pass vehicles, weave in and out of traffic and drive between vehicles, according to the complaint filed in that case.

At one point, Flasch got so close to vehicles that Youngblood thought he was going to crash.

Flasch continued north into the Town of Belgium, where he was clocked traveling at 100 mph or more.

Flasch continued into Sheboygan County and evaded a second officer near Highway 23.

During the course of an investigation after the chase, officers were able to identify the motorcycle driver as Flasch, who agreed to surrender.

During an interview, Flasch told officers he was having relationship problems with his girlfriend and was on his way to visit her, adding that he was afraid that if he was pulled over he would not be able to see her, the complaint states.

Flasch said he noticed an airplane was following him when he stopped for gas but hoped the plane would eventually run out of fuel. He also said that he considered turning around and driving to Milwaukee to try and lose the plane among tall buildings.

Flasch was charged with fleeing an officer, and on Nov. 11, 2025, he pleaded no contest to the felony. Ozaukee County Circuit Judge Adam Gerol sentenced him to one year in the county jail and ordered his driver’s license revoked for a year.