May 21, 2013
Sparta Wis. (WEAU) - An armed robbery in Sparta leads police on a high speed chase.
The Sparta Police Department says 27 year-old Anthony Keepers of Baraboo walked into the BP Sparta Travel Center just before midnight Monday night with a gun and demanded money.
Keepers then drove a stolen car onto HWY 16 going westbound towards La Crosse.
Police chased the car going over 125 MPH.
Keepers lost control of the car, rolling it into a field.
He was hospitalized with non life-threating injuries.
He is expected to be released Tuesday and the incident is under investigation.
