A Cedar Rapids man has been arrested after crashing his car during a police chase in Waterloo on Monday night, according to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Police tried to pull over a Ford Fusion at around 10:40 p.m. in the area of West Dale and Columbia Streets but the driver allegedly sped off. Not long later the Fusion hit a parked car. The driver allegedly got out and ran but was detained a short distance away. He has been identified as 26 year old Kashad Hawthorne. He has been charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Interference, fourth degree Theft and Failure to Yield to an Emergency Vehicle. Police found a handgun in the vehicle that had been reported stolen out of St. Louis in May of this year.
