O'Fallon Man Arrested After Leading Troopers on 118 MPH Chase

An O’Fallon man is being charged after fleeing at upwards of 118 mph on his motorcycle from Missouri State Highway Patrol officers.

Joseph R. Stisi, 19, of O’Fallon is being charged with resisting arrest and creating serious risk of injury. On April 3, a trooper attempted to stop Stisi for speeding after his radar showed Stisi was going 118 mph on westbound Interstate 70 near the Cave Springs exit.

Stisi changed lanes in front of other vehicles, causing them to hit their brakes, and drove on the I-70 shoulder to evade police, according to a state trooper’s report. He exited I-70 at Mid Rivers Mall Drive where he turned north and then west onto North Service Road.

The state trooper tried to get in front of Stisi, but he went into the right turn lane for QuikTrip convenience store and passed the patrol car. The trooper overtook Stisi again just south of Salt River Road and came to a complete stop. When the trooper exited his patrol car, Stisi accelerated, almost hitting the officer.

Troopers stopped and arrested Stisi later on the North Service Road. Troopers fond a bag of marijuana inside his hat.