02x08 - Demolition Derby

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He was threatening to k*ll somebody

over by the sports complex.

He was using his vehicle

as a battering ram.

Speeds are at 70 miles an hour.

Can I take Car 1?

He's rammed 806.

The suspect began to play bumper cars

down the freeway.

We've gone 70 miles.

This guy, he's driving like an animal.

Just tried to run me off the road.

We're at 120 miles an hour.

We're going off-road.

At speeds that fast, it's very likely

that we may have a fatality.

7035, Code 6, 105 North Avenue 52.

I was sitting outside in the parking lot

of the Brigham City Animal Shelter.

A citizen came up to me.

He explained that him and his son

were at the sports complex

and a male came up in a dark-colored SUV.

I recognized the driver

as Brandon Chappell,

a kid I'd gone to school with.

He says, "Well,

what are you guys doing down here?"

And I said, well, I've got my boy.

We're just, we're doing a driving lesson.

The next thing was,

"Do you have a g*n?"

I said, what are you thinking?

He says, "I'm thinking

I want to k*ll somebody today.

You guys look just right."

As soon as he made that threat

of wanting to k*ll somebody,

it was time to go.

My immediate concern was getting

my son out of there, so we went.

I started going south on 1200 West.

I saw a dark-colored SUV

with a male inside that matched

the description Jared had given me.

I stopped to try to talk to the driver,

and at that point, he waved at me

and started pulling away.

Box 10 to Bravo 9.

Attempted to go 10-60.

Westbound on Forest Street, 1500 West.

Can you run that plate,

see who it comes back to?

We found out that the vehicle

belonged to Brandon Chappell.

Your assigned call has been updated.

I actually had to swerve

from rear-ending him

and he looked over at me and

he flipped me off and took off again.

Still westbound, approaching 2600 West.

He's unpredictable.

We don't know what he's going to do.

Corporal Lyman was on his own.

It's important

he doesn't remain on his own

because these situations,

they evolve quickly.

Oh, sh*t.

I'd never seen anything like this

where the suspect will just slam

on the brakes,

throw their vehicle in reverse,

keep going, slam on the brakes.

Still traveling on Forest,

heading southbound.

Copy, Forest. Forest, southbound.

Standby, I'll get you a milepost here

in a second.

I knew I had officers coming

and that they'd be there shortly.

I was hoping they'd get there

before I had to take any other action.

The speed limit was 40 miles an hour.

The individual, at the time,

was doing 60 miles an hour.

I pull in behind him,

giving him a wide berth.

Other officers start pulling

into the side of me

to set up a felony stop.

He was threatening to k*ll somebody

over by the sports complex.

I'm halfway out of my vehicle

trying to give him orders

over the PA system.

Driver of the vehicle-- sh*t.

I heard the impact behind me.

He could have k*lled me.

Get out of the car!

Get out of the car!

I was thinking, is this happening,

or am I just imagining all this?

Confirming they're on Forest,

going west southbound.

Copy.

All three of my front airbags

had gone off. It broke my windshield.

Son of a b*tch.

- You good?

- Yeah, I'm good.

The driver of this vehicle is

out of control.

Bravo 11, we've got

one suspect in the vehicle,

that I can see, appears to be a male.

It's my vehicle that got hit.

I'm code 4 and out of the pursuit.

I became the primary vehicle

in the pursuit.

I'm looking at this individual as now

one of the most dangerous

individuals I've ever dealt with.

What is this person capable of?

This needs to end now.

Stop your vehicle now.

Pull to the side of the road.

about probably west Forest.

Box to Bravo 11, still traveling

westbound, about 60 miles an hour.

Looks like we're pulling over now.

No way out other than the same road

he's already on and being chased on.

Copy, still traveling at westbound.

He's trying to turn around on us.

Let's block him in.

Get out of the car!

Get out of the car!

Get out of the car!

Get out.

Watch out, watch out, watch out!

Get out of the car!

He's gone, he's gone!

In the span of eight minutes,

he has already smashed one vehicle,

has slammed my vehicle.

How many other vehicles

is this guy going to try and ram?

I can't believe he's continuing this

after everything

we've already been through.

I heard somebody ask for spike strips.

I had some in my vehicle.

I knew this would be a great place

to try to get him stopped.

It's just a two-lane road with

some barbed wire fence on each side.

- Number 22, do you have spikes?

- I do have spikes.

He is driving in the southbound

Forest Street is roughly

a 40-mile-an-hour road.

The suspect was anywhere between 109

and 120 miles an hour at that time.

I can see them coming back to where I was.

I have the spike strips laid out.

31 take.

Me and another officer were using

what cover we could

in case he decided to try hitting us

instead of the spike strips.

He's coming right now.

Did you get him?

Negative on spikes.

Negative on spike.

Suspect avoided the spike strip

by driving off the side of the road.

It was disappointing.

You can make a plan all you want,

but with somebody unpredictable,

it's hard to figure out

what they're trying to do.

I-15 is a major freeway

that runs through our city.

It is a three-lane highway.

There's traffic all over the place.

He's already shown he was willing

to go head-on with police.

What about the public?

To your left.

350. Traffic is yielding

He's trying to push on his brake pads

to have units slam into him.

The line is at 75 miles an hour.

Traffic is still yielding.

Is there a trooper in the area

that could try to PIT this guy?

105, number one.

My name is Ken Chugg. I'm a trooper

with the Utah Highway Patrol.

We're going under bridge 1100,

speeds are at 90.

I was running lights and sirens

to get there,

but I was still about two miles behind.

Speeds are at 105. Number one.

We want this vehicle

to be stopped immediately.

Maybe he might slam into another vehicle

or cause a wreck,

hurt, or even worse, k*ll a family.

Just illegally

The individual had threatened

to k*ll a father and son.

When you have these high-risk situations,

it's always incumbent upon us

that we are showing up

with as many officers as possible.

Number two approaching 30-57.

Speeds are at 70 miles an hour.

Number two lane.

1056, I'm behind the pursuit

doing a slowdown of traffic.

Can I take Car 1?

I came up to make contact

to PIT the vehicle.

Our approximate speeds were

around 70 miles an hour.

I've done quite a bit of PIT in training,

but never at that speed before.

806 is in number one position.

That's copy, number one position.

Fox, we're 102 on you.

Number one position.

106, copy, number one position.

Fox, we're 192 on your north.

It did a full 360

and was now straight again.

It was almost like watching a,

like a teacup ride at Disneyland.

It's where they just spin

and spin and spin.

PIT unsuccessful. PIT unsuccessful.

PIT unsuccessful

Suspect then went after Trooper Chugg

and began to play bumper cars

with him on the freeway.

- PIT unsuccessful.

- Oh, ♪♪♪♪!

He just rammed 806.

He just rammed 806.

Vehicle coming

When the vehicle rammed me,

it didn't push the vehicle forward.

It felt like it was trying to push

the vehicle forward through me.

My head was thrown up

against the back of the headrest.

The back window, as the glass came out,

I could feel the shards of glass

hit the back of my head

and fall down the back of my shirt.

He had directly targeted me.

I was going to do whatever it took

to get him stopped.

Trooper Chugg is one of my good friends.

You know, it's hard to see

somebody go after him like that.

I looked over and he was starting

to pass me on my left,

at which point,

I just went straight across the lane.

Second PIT, second PIT.

I just glanced off of the back fender

because he moved at the last moment.

102 heading north

It was pretty wild to watch,

like a pinball machine or a derby race

where you're just slamming into cars

and walls and different things.

Second PIT. Second PIT.

He's front of me.

As I looked in my mirrors,

I'm still not sure how he did it,

but he was back 360 degrees

and he was straight southbound again.

At which point

I flipped around 180 degrees

and I was going to try

to hit the back end.

miles an hour number one lane.

He's losing fluid.

When I saw Trooper Chugg

coming at me, it scared me a bit.

We were both, I think, at this point,

trying to avoid hitting each other.

- He's down here

- Holy ♪♪♪♪!

The suspect has already gotten

through two PIT maneuvers.

I had to become more

and more aggressive with my maneuvers

to ensure

that this individual was stopped.

He was willing to do

whatever it takes to get away.

I wasn't sure if Trooper Chugg

could continue in the pursuit or not.

Didn't know how damaged his vehicle was.

an hour, number one lane.

I was the only trooper there, so

I was the one that needed to do this.

Ah. This piece of

The fact that the individual

was using his vehicle

as a battering ram, it was considered

a deadly force situation.

I decided I was going to utilize

the concrete barrier

to hit him to the left.

I knew that there is a greater risk

for the driver,

as far as being injured,

but I had to weigh that against the risk

of who could be hurt by him

if we didn't get him stopped.

PIT! PIT! PIT! PIT!

10-1, I'll flip six up behind

and pursue a slowdown of traffic.

PIT! PIT! PIT! PIT!

Get out of the car!

Get out of the car!

Do not reach for anything!

Do not reach for anything!

Stop reaching!

He had shown he was extremely dangerous,

and willing to do anything

and everything to prevent us

from capturing him.

- Get out of the car!

- Get out of the car!

I've got a taser.

Get out of the car now!

Get out of the car now!

Get on the ground!

Get on the ground!

Cover, cover, cover.

One male in custody.

Once we had him handcuffed,

I felt an immediate relief.

Now the danger to everybody was gone.

There's a lot of emotions,

a lot of things going

through your body, through your head.

I walked the perimeter of my vehicle.

Every single point around the vehicle

had damage to it

in one way or another.

If Trooper Chugg had not been

involved in the pursuit,

without the PIT maneuver, I'm unsure

we would've stopped this guy.

PIT! PIT! PIT! PIT!

The fact that we didn't have any civilians

that were seriously hurt it is a miracle.

I'm very grateful for the officers

that were involved.

I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

They wake up every day knowing

it's a probability that their day

might end up in danger.

I just think we take that

way too much for granted.

I do what's called Highway Interdiction.

Drugs come across the southern border

and they have to be filtered out

to the rest of the United States.

The most convenient way to do that is

utilizing the interstate system.

On December 5th,

it was just like any other shift.

I saw a silver Ford pickup truck.

I noticed it was having trouble

staying within its lane.

I positioned myself behind the vehicle

to conduct a traffic stop.

County 43,

you can show me northbound I-57.

Passing mile marker 64.

What was your reason to stop?

It's gonna be improper lane usage.

He was obviously ignoring my lights,

refusing to pull over.

He was not going to stop.

County 43, still northbound, passing 65.

Speeds 111.

I had just started a normal day,

and now I'm driving at 110 miles an hour

five minutes into my shift.

The speed limit on the interstate

there is 70 miles an hour.

We're now in the felony level range.

County 43,

you're getting difficult to hear,

I'll be switching over to ISPERN.

ISPERN stands for the Illinois State

Police Emergency Radio Network.

ISPERN, this is Williamson County,

Unit 43. Do you copy?

Williamson County 43.

Du Quion, go ahead.

Speeds are currently 105.

Reason for pursuit was traffic violations.

Is this guy wanted? Is he involved

in smuggling narcotics?

We don't know why someone's running,

what's going through their mind,

or especially what they're willing

to do to get away.

There you go buddy, hold the line.

Hold the line.

I was trying to use my spotlight

and see how many heads

were inside the vehicle.

There's 3 or 4 people, we come

to a stop on the side of the road

and now it's 3 or 4 versus one,

I'm probably in some trouble there.

Du Quoin 43, milepost 83, speeds 95.

If you have any units available to assist,

I'm still up here by myself.

It'd be appreciated.

I've known Corporal Fauver

since high school.

I knew when he keyed up the radio then

it was going to be a significant reason.

So I hurried over to the interstate.

We were driving directly away

from the center of the county

where all of my backup would be.

I knew I had to step it up a bit.

If they're running 105, I got to run 115

trying to catch up to them.

Milepost 90. Speeds 100.

My biggest fear is they'll cause harm

to someone innocent

that's just traveling along the road.

Whenever you're in a pursuit like this,

radio traffic is essential because

it moves faster than any vehicle.

Milepost 95, speeds 100.

Coming up on the 64-57 split.

Interstate 57 feeds

into several other interstates.

It's a thorough way

where you could get to Chicago

or St. Louis or to Indianapolis.

I'd call it a shortcut.

We came up to Interstate 64.

You could have turned westward

toward St. Louis.

That way, we're now going towards a major

metropolitan higher population center.

You don't know what the person's carrying.

Not always just drugs. There's

human trafficking, sex trafficking.

We have to stop them

before they make it to their destination.

People may try to trip us up

by the last second,

switching onto a different interstate.

When you're in situations like this,

you fall back on your training.

If I'm feeling some stress,

I know he's probably feeling

more on top of it

just because I'm chasing him

versus him chasing me.

It's my job to follow

the vehicle in front of me,

keep sight of it,

and then relay where I'm at.

We'll be continuing northbound

I-57, Milepost 96.

It was just him. He was by himself.

Kind of drove me to drive a bit faster.

Du Quoin, 43.

We just crossed into Marion County.

Speeds are 95.

ISPERN, 43, do you copy?

Du Quoin, 43, do you copy?

Du Quoin, 43, do you copy?

I'd lost communication with dispatch.

I'm trying to relay where I'm at

and what's going on,

and I'm not hearing anything back.

Du Quoin, 43, do you copy?

Nobody knows where I'm at.

It's a very dangerous situation.

Du Quoin, 43, do you copy?

Williamson County 43, I did not copy.

Repeat your traffic.

10-4. Our radio struggling out here.

Be passing exit 109. Speeds are 90.

Williamson County, 43.

I believe I copied northbound,

milepost 109.

Once I was able to speak with people,

it brought some comfort.

We've now gone well over 50,

60 miles at high speeds.

I knew I was good on fuel,

so you got to factor in the person

I'm chasing. Are they running low?

Are they now going to try some more

dangerous maneuvers to get away?

I just hope everybody else

has gas with me.

Yeah, Williamson County units

that are trying to close in

are running pretty low.

One of our deputies had pulled off

to get fuel.

Copy.

I was pretty worried we'd run out of fuel,

Corporal Fauver would've been by himself.

The last thing you want is your buddy

getting caught in a gunfight,

and you're stuck on the side of the road.

It definitely brought some relief

to see some red and blue lights.

So we're gonna try

a rolling roadblock here.

We were at well over 100 miles an hour.

PIT maneuver, it's out of the question.

Our only option then

was to try and slow him down

with the rolling roadblock.

So I can hear, Jefferson County's

trying to block him off here.

The rolling roadblock would be

putting enough units around him

to where he has nowhere else to go.

You utilize preferably 3 vehicles,

one behind, one to the side,

and one forward, to slow that vehicle down

and move it off the roadway.

It limits their avenues

and their threat to the public.

We were using semi-traffic

that was around us.

Semis are usually traveling

at slower speeds.

We could use that to our advantage,

along with placing units

up in front of him

to block any exits for him to try

and get around that semi.

Vehicle tried to run me off the road.

Still northbound. Speed 60.

Whoever was behind the wheel

was a special kind of bad guy,

willing to run the police officers

off the road.

Knowing that he's willing

to potentially k*ll me

it tells me he's willing

to do anything to get away.

80 miles per hour,

northbound, milepost 118.

I was able to pull up

directly alongside him,

I was trying to get a look inside

to see how many people were in it.

If he had a firearm, he can try

to use it on me at that point.

I wasn't able to see

in the vehicle at all.

It had dark window tint,

so I had no idea

how many people were in it.

Vehicle's passing on the shoulder.

Still northbound.

Milepost 120. Speed 90.

Tried to box him behind a semi.

Didn't work.

I think he had gotten wise to it

every time we came up to a semi.

He can't see what's on that shoulder

when he makes that pass.

It's definitely a high-risk move.

Just tried to run me off the road again.

Passing exit 127. Speeds 80.

This guy can drive.

We've boxed him in

between at least three semis.

He's made it out.

It's all or nothing for him.

He's throwing caution to the wind

to try and get away.

We've just got to wait

until he runs out of gas.

It started at freaking 60, dude.

We've gone almost, we've gone 70 miles.

I've got one of our guys with me.

We don't let our guys go alone.

I'm going to have his back.

and we're in Effingham.

Effingham is over 100 miles away

from where we had started this chase.

We were going into town here.

Not what I wanted to do.

I'm not familiar with this area at all.

He might know this town better than me,

and he knows maybe some roads

he could take to try and get away.

I'm running out of gas.

This has now become a much more

dangerous situation to the public.

We have to stop this guy.

Turning left onto West Maple.

North on Maple from Jefferson.

We're in residential area.

This guy was gonna k*ll someone.

The last thing that I wanted was

a family coming home

from the bowling alley or a movie theater

and get T-boned by this guy

because he's driving like an animal.

Still northbound Maple.

Ran a stop sign.

I decided that if this guy made

the mistake to slow down enough,

I've got to put a stop to this now.

10-50, 10-50, stand by.

10-50.

Put your ♪♪♪♪♪♪hands up!

- Hands up!

- Show me your ♪♪♪♪♪♪hands!

- Hands!

- Show me your hands now!

On the ceiling!

Put them on the ceiling!

- Put them up!

- Put them up!

The most dangerous part is

taking someone into custody in a vehicle.

You don't know if they'll take

that time to stop and fight.

- You got cover.

- I've got you.

- Open the door!

- Don't move!

Put your hands on the ceiling.

You're not stepping in.

There was nobody else in the vehicle

other than him.

Put your hands on the ceiling.

He was outnumbered, and the advantage

was definitely in our favor.

He was cool as a cucumber.

Calm as could be.

I could smell marijuana coming out

of the vehicle really strong.

I went around and looked

in the bed of the truck,

and I saw two brand new suitcases.

I yelled at Corporal Fauver

and offered him the honors

to open up those suitcases.

And he was like, "Oh, yeah."

We found 75 bags of marijuana

and several cases of promethazine.

We estimated the entire worth to be

close to a quarter of a million dollars.

Something like that we generally call

a suicide load.

It's called suicide load because

if you're stopped by law enforcement

with 80 pounds of cannabis in your car,

it's game over for you.

That's trafficking amount.

A 150-mile chase

starting in Southern Illinois

lands a Los Angeles man in jail

after authorities say

they caught with more than a quarter

million dollars worth of drugs.

My wife, we have an app on our phone.

If I go over 80 miles an hour, it dings.

She was like, "Did you really have

to go that fast?"

Like, yes, I had to go that fast.

To see the narcotics, to catch the guy,

to put him into custody, it was worth it.

I call that a good day's work

when we take that amount of narcotics

off of the street in one night.

We were not gonna stop until we ran

out of gas or he was in custody.

He took a gamble

coming through Williamson County.

Then he lost.

Blue in color, Chrysler Aspen,

Virlyn B Smith, Victoria Drive.

Fairburn 34.

The vehicle took off on me.

Going down Virlyn B Smith.

I was patrolling the area of Durham Lakes

when Officer Montgomery got on a radio,

she was trying to initiate a traffic stop

on a vehicle that wouldn't stop.

We have to catch this vehicle

and get it chased out.

Currently passing Durham Lakes Parkway.

Going northwest on Virlyn B Smith.

Once she said where she was,

I realized I was close by.

Making a left turn off of Virlyn B Smith.

I knew that was coming up on me quick.

And we was right beside a school zone.

He was coming at me

about 70, 80 miles per hour.

The roads are very tight.

We get a lot of kids standing

on the corner waiting around.

I was praying there was

no school buses on the road.

We just crossed into Coweta County.

He wasn't stopping, so once we got

into Coweta County,

we asked for assistance.

If a pursuit comes through here,

our sheriff would like it to end

as quickly as possible.

They call us the Coweta County Cowboys

because we will chase you

and put you in jail.

Sergeant Holloway,

one of the best drivers we have,

he was able to join the pursuit.

I don't like tooting my own horn,

but I'm one of the most

highly trained officers on patrol.

Right, I got them right here ahead of me.

Fairburn 31. We got Coweta County

Making a U-turn

trying to catch up with us.

Seeing Coweta County deputies

enter the pursuit,

it was a sense of relief

because I know at that point,

if you run from Coweta County,

you're going to get caught.

31, 234, let Coweta County take primary.

Gotcha.

We're at 120 miles an hour,

coming over the bridge.

It makes us wonder

if they got warrants,

possible drugs in the car,

ill*gal things in the car

that they don't want us to find.

The number one thing

that went through my head

was to try to stop this pursuit

before it reached the intersection

into downtown Newman

the most populated area

in our county.

My goal was to PIT the car off

into the ditch.

He's in the other lane of travel.

I had one of the fastest cars

on patrol that day,

but I could never really match his speeds

because every time I would get close,

he would either brake check me

or swerve into the other lane.

All right, we're at the bypass.

He's going straight across.

The suspect, he was driving erratically.

He was driving on the wrong side

of the road, and he didn't slow down.

He just ran straight through the light.

He's going straight across.

We're continuing downtown.

There was no way to use the PIT maneuver

due to the flow of traffic, the buildings,

and the pedestrian foot traffic.

All right, he just hit a car

here at the intersection.

He actually side swipes a car.

Luckily, no one was injured

and only knocked his mirror off.

If the danger to the public outweighs

the apprehension of the offender,

then I would've canceled the pursuit.

All right, he just hit a car

here at the intersection.

He will hit the city.

We're continuing downtown.

The only reason

I did not cancel the pursuit

is because we hit every green light.

I guess God was on our side that day.

Just run him up to Ricketson.

And see if we can flatten his tires.

Corporal Ricketson was at the intersection

south of me, setting up stop sticks.

Putting out stop sticks with

a vehicle traveling at those speeds

it becomes very dangerous

on those county roads

because there's lots of curves.

All right, we're coming right up to you.

Go, go. Come on, come on.

Come on, come on.

Quick, quick, quick!

There's a chase coming.

All right. 10-50.

All right, 10-50.

All right, 10-50.

All right, he's continuing to south,

he missed the sticks.

I'm about to end it right here.

He was brake-checking and moving away

from the PIT maneuver.

It seemed like he had fled

from law enforcement before.

Whether I damaged my vehicle

or injured the offender,

I was ready to end this pursuit.

Turning into 40-35.

But then the offender turns

into some random address.

And I think his plan was to pull back

behind the house

and flee into the wood line.

All right, we're going off-road.

The Georgia State Patrol goes

to the other side through the house.

T-bones him.

I could see Coweta County,

Georgia State Patrol officers

trying to get the subject

out of the vehicle

Open the ♪♪♪♪♪♪door,

open the ♪♪♪♪♪♪door.

We drew out our firearms.

In a situation like that,

you'd rather be safe than sorry.

Come on.

Other side, other side, other side.

Get on the ground! Get on the ground!

I got cuffs, I got cuffs, I got cuffs.

Calm down. Hey, calm down, calm down.

Appreciate y'all fellas.

We appreciate y'all for this one.

You can put him in this car.

- Where?

- Right here.

I appreciate y'all.

Thank you very much.

It's always a great feeling

when you catch the subject.

It's a trophy.

Please. Please.

After he'd been on a high-speed chase,

putting people's lives in danger,

and now he's scared,

it was unbelievable.

Little bit of weed.

Got some crack.

We found what appeared to be drugs

in the car and a handgun.

I just found a 69G.

- Oh, he had a lot of good stuff.

- Yeah.

There's a lot of reasons

why he did not stop.

For me, that was actually

the first pursuit that I was in

that we actually caught the person.

We both was happy. No one was hurt.

I kind of patted Montgomery on the back.

After the pursuit, like, we did it.

Hey, we got him.