Update: Florida man arrested

BATTLE CREEK, MI -- A poker player grabbed cash from a pot at a casino table and fled, speeding away on Interstate 94 and evading police until a trooper spotted the car, leading to the driver's arrest.

About 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1, FireKeepers Casino Hotel Security alerted the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi Tribal Police that a poker player was seen taking cash from a poker table pot, fleeing the casino and driving off in a small black vehicle.

The casino is located at 11177 E. Michigan Ave., outside of Battle Creek, and can be seen from I-94.

An NHBP officer pursued the vehicle from FireKeepers parking lot, down Michigan Avenue and 11 Mile Road onto I-94 via the eastbound on-ramp, at speeds nearing 100 mph.

When the vehicle used the emergency turnaround near mile marker 103 and headed west, the NHBP officer lost sight of the vehicle and notified Calhoun County dispatch that the pursuit had been terminated.

The pursuit was terminated in Calhoun County simply because the officer lost sight of the fleeing vehicle, Bright said. The chase lasted three or four miles in Calhoun County, he said.

A Michigan State Police trooper spotted the vehicle and the pursued it until the chase ended in Berrien County with the driver's arrest, according to the Michigan State Police.

Details of how the pursuit ended were not immediately released.

Police Chief Carter Bright said he does not believe there was a confrontation at the casino.