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Man sentenced for stealing ATM, high speed chase

May 18, 2011 | 8:29 AM

The man who forcibly removed an ATM from the Cash Store on Second Avenue West, and lead police on a high speed chase, is going to jail.

James Joseph Chaisson, 21, has been sentenced to 18 months behind bars.

Chaisson, from Saskatoon, stole the ATM machine on Apr. 20. Police pursued him onto Highway 11, where he tried to escape near Duck Lake but got stuck in water that washed out a road.

See related: Man charged in alleged ATM theft

rpilon@panow.com