02/13/2023 Stop Stick News: 35 Pursuit Stories From Around the World

A man accused of stealing $1,000 worth of items from a Centralia grocery store and then fleeing from officers, continuing to drive after a spike strip deflated his vehicle’s tires, in January has been arrested on a $25,000 warrant.

The man, identified in Lewis County Superior Court documents as Adrian Garcia, 31, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail on Feb. 8.

He was charged Jan. 23 with one count each of second-degree theft, attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle and first-degree criminal impersonation stemming from a Jan. 18 incident.

A Rockwell City man reached speeds of over 90 miles per hour while leading a Webster County Sheriff’s deputy on a pursuit through Fort Dodge early Tuesday morning.

According to criminal complaints and Webster County Sheriff’s Sgt. Tony Walter, Deputy Matt Burns attempted to stop Ray Hollers, 27, of Rockwell City, for a traffic violation in the 900 block of South 17th Street in Fort Dodge shortly before 3:30 a.m.

The pursuit came to an end at 7:16 p.m. as the occupants bailed out of the vehicle on state Route 4 in the area between Valley Street and Stanley Avenue, records said, and a woman was taken into custody.

Records described a man running into nearby woods and law enforcement calling for a drone on scene, but it is unclear whether the man was found.

There has been yet another serious accident on the Bass Highway (Inverloch Coast Road) at Leongatha South, at around 11.30 am on Saturday, January 29. Police, ambulance, and CFA were on the scene of a two-car collision involving a VW Golf and SUV…

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GEORGETOWN, Minn. (KFGO) – The suspect in a north Fargo storage facility burglary Wednesday morning was arrested in Clay County, Minnesota after a police chase.

According to Fargo Police, the burglary was reported around 7:15 a.m. near the intersection of 7th Avenue and 35th Street N. where the manager reported seeing the suspect break into a storage unit.

The suspect fled as officers arrived, heading north out of town, with the victim following.

Collier County, FL – A high-speed chase ensued in Collier County when a blue Lexus with an inoperable headlight evaded authorities leading to a pursuit reaching speeds of up to 130 mph.

Deputies in Collier County were on high alert for more than 20 minutes when a blue Lexus with a broken headlight was observed in the eastern part of the county.

The Lexus accelerated and drove away from the deputy as he attempted to conduct a traffic stop, dodging all law enforcement.

The suspects drove into Louisville and were eventually stopped near St. Catherine Street, due to a successful stop stick deployment.

A police chase through Greenhills was caught on a police cruiser camera, and in the video, viewers can see what looks like confetti being tossed at the cruiser.Investigators said it was actually people’s mail, checks and credit cards believed to have been stolen from the Forest Park area.Sgt. Tony Patton initiated the chase late Sunday night. The SUV was reported stolen out of Norwood.”He’s throwing all kinds of stuff out of the car,” Patton said.During the chase down Winton Road, the driver can be seen blowing through a red light before hitting stop sticks as he entered Springfield Township.The driver didn’t immediately stop.”He’s turning left onto East Compton. Standby, he’s bailing,” Patton said. The man took off running. He went across the road and into a parking lot where he slipped and fell.Police arrested him and identified him as Lawrence Sherman, 22, of Cincinnati. Two passengers, 21-year-old Jaimaar Gibson, and Derico Gibson, 18, also from Cincinnati, were arrested.All three were charged with obstructing official business

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — On Wednesday the Naples Police Department received a report of a stolen vehicle in the area of 5th avenue.

The police began to check the area and eventually found the vehicle in the Tommy Bahamas parking lot. Police approached the vehicle and saw that it was empty.

NPD began monitoring the perimeter and checking surveillance cameras and saw two African-American males and a Hispanic female walking along the Naples Pier. The video footage showed the subject’s entering the pier shortly after the vehicle arrived in the area. As the NPD began monitoring them, they made their way back toward the vehicle.

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — A Fort Pierce woman was arrested after nearly hitting two Martin County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a traffic stop on Interstate 95, then she refused to pull over, the agency said Wednesday.

Luciana Jean Louis, 36, had a passenger and an unrestrained child in the car as she didn’t attempt to slow down or move over by the deputies, who were working the traffic stop on the highway shoulder around 11:55 p.m. Tuesday.

Deputies got back into their patrol cars and catch up with her. Despite lights and sirens, Louis refused to pull over or slow down. Deputies deployed stop sticks, which deflated the vehicle’s tire but she still refused to stop, the agency said.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – A police pursuit ended in a crash in Spanish Lake on Wednesday morning.

Authorities told News 4 they pursued the vehicle from St. Charles County. The car drove over spike strips on the Blanchette Bridge before crashing on eastbound Interstate 270 at Bellefontaine Road before 3:15 a.m.

A News 4 photographer on the crash scene saw a woman being transported via ambulance. Her injuries and condition are not known at this time.

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Authorities arrested an 18-year-old after police say he allegedly led Columbia County authorities on a chase following a traffic stop.

The Portage Police Department stated that officers pulled over the suspect on New Pinery Road. The driver identified himself and police said they allegedly smelled marijuana. During the stop and while waiting for backup, an officer learned that the driver had previous charges of fleeing and eluding, operating a stolen vehicle and possession of a firearm.

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — They’re called “super speeders,” and a metro area sheriff’s official says they’re on the rise.

These are drivers who go 75 miles per hour on a two-lane road or 85 miles per hour on the highway. The state fines super speeders and extra $200.

Lieutenant Scotty Spriggs of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office told Channel 2′s Brian Mims he’s seeing more of these speeders on the road.

“We could go out to (Georgia) 400 right now; if I had seven folks, we could all probably stop seven people doing 85 and above,” he said.

AVONDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — One person has been arrested in connection to a stolen tow truck that led Arizona Department of Public Safety deputies on a chase throughout Phoenix and into an Avondale neighborhood late Sunday night.

According to DPS, a tow truck company reported just after 10 p.m. that a truck had been stolen from a tow yard in Chandler. Police and DPS were also notified that the tow company had started tracking the truck using GPS. At that point, they found it along Interstate 10 headed west from Sky Harbor airport. At that point, troopers initiated a pursuit near the I-10 stack.

BENTON COUNTY, Wash.-

Deputies with the Benton County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) assisted the Washington State Patrol (WSP) in finding and stopping a reported gun-toting driver on February 5.

The suspect was reportedly pointing a gun at cars and shooting into the air.

BCSO Deputies located the driver, however, the male suspect refused to stop and Deputies pursued from I-82 to Coffin Rd and then onto Nine Canyon/Haney Rd.

According to the BCSO spike strips were put down to stop the suspect, but were unsuccessful. Deputies then employed a Pursuit Intervention Technique (PIT) maneuver, which did stop the car.