Havre man arrested on warrant after chase

The Havre Police Department arrested a fugitive Thursday afternoon, following a call from the train station and a downtown manhunt.

Around 3 p.m. Thursday, BNSF Police Officer Tom Anderson called the Havre police to request assistance. Anderson reported a 21-year-old Havre man, Anthony Ekstrom, who was wanted on a felony warrant and misdemeanor theft warrant in Washington state, was trying to flee Havre on Amtrak.

Anderson tried to arrest Ekstrom but, after a fight that left Anderson with "numerous scrapes and bruises" according to a police department release, Ekstrom escaped on foot.

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