Video: Michigan men arrested in Arkansas with Molotov cocktails, guns

Two Michigan men were arrested last week in Arkansas after fleeing police in a stolen moving van with guns and Molotov cocktails, officials said.

The two men, Trenton Johnson and Robert Mercier, both 21, are wanted for allegedly trying to run over Westland police officers, according to authorities.

Johnson and Mercier have both been charged with three counts of aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy, possession of destructive devices, felony fleeing, second-degree battery, four counts of criminal mischief, resisting arrest and additional multiple felony charges, Tontitown, Arkansas police officials said in a statement Friday.

Both men were being held at the Benton County Detention Center.

A judge set Johnson's bond at $75,000 and $100,000 for Mercier, according to the Benton County Sheriff's Office.

Officials said the two were arrested last Wednesday after a high-speed car chase that involved multiple police departments.

Locust Grove, Arkansas, police began pursuing U-Haul cargo van they suspected was stolen, according to authorities. Locust Grove is about 56 miles west of Tontitown.

At one point during the chase, the van struck another vehicle head-on near Colcord, Oklahoma, but continued to flee, investigators said. They also said speeds in the chase reached more than 120 mph.

It then approached the Tontitown city limits. Tontitown is about 200 miles northwest of Little Rock and about 100 miles east of Tulsa.

Officers requested help from the Tontitown Police Department at about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

A Tontitown police officer executed a maneuver with his vehicle to end it on Interstate 49 just outside the city limits, authorities said. After the maneuver, the officer's vehicle rolled over multiple times. The officer was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, treated and released.

Police arrested the cargo van's two occupants, later identified as Johnson and Mercier. They said Mercier was driving the van.

Officers searched the van and recovered firearms and homemade incendiary bombs.

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