09/25/2023 Stop Stick News: 40 Pursuits from around the country – 2 Stolen Ambulances, Consession Stand Thievs, and fleeing juviniles.

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – A Tucson man is facing several charges after authorities said he was caught transporting migrants in his vehicle.

The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office said deputies tried to pull over a vehicle around 4:30 p.m. Friday, September 15. The driver refused to stop and sped away.

Around four hours later, deputies were called to assist the Tombstone Marshal’s Office after the same vehicle tried to get away from them.

Deputies then put out spike strips on U.S. 80 in the St. David area. While the vehicle did stop, the suspect and two migrants bailed out of the vehicle before being captured.

The CCSO said the driver was identified as 29-year-old Gilbert Estavillo, of Tucson. He was booked into the jail in Bisbee while the migrants were turned over to U.S. Border Patrol for processing.

BARTON COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) – Rice County deputies arrested 24-year-old Luis Cerna following a chase through Barton and Rice counties on Sunday.

The Barton County Sheriff’s Office said around 1 a.m., a report came in regarding a stolen vehicle in the 3800 block of Second Street just southwest of Great Bend. A deputy broadcasted the description of the vehicle on the radio, and a unit with the Great Bend Police Department located the vehicle around 1:39 a.m. on U.S. 56 Highway leaving Great Bend.

Deputies tried to stop the vehicle on E. Barton County Road, but it fled east toward Ellinwood. An Ellinwood police officer deployed stop sticks, which the vehicle ran over, flattening one tire. The vehicle continued east out of Ellinwood into Rice County where the Rice County Sheriff’s Office and Lyons Police Department joined the pursuit. Stop sticks were again deployed east of Chase flattening another tire.

A Chico man sustained a stab wound before getting his vehicle stolen Friday night, according to the Chico Police Department.

On Sept. 15 at around 9:55 p.m. CPD said they received a call about someone near the intersection of Whitewood Way and Mariposa Avenue who stated that he was stabbed and his vehicle had been stolen. CPD responded to the scene and located a male subject suffering from a stab wound to the abdomen. The victim was reportedly transported to a local area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Officials say that several officers circulated in the area of the incident in an attempt to locate the vehicle and suspects. The stolen vehicle was found near the intersection of E. Eaton Road and Mariposa Avenue.

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The Portage Redevelopment Commission is buying new gear for the Police Department.

Police Chief Michael Candiano outlined his funding request, including two more automatic electric defibrillators, at $700 each. “This will get us to where just about every officer in the patrol division has them,” he said.

Six sets of stop sticks cost just over $3,000. “It’s a pretty important tool to have,” Candiano said. “Pursuits are everywhere. A lot of times they’re coming through town and we’re not even initiating them.”

The stop sticks are used to puncture tires of cars being pursued by police.

Two ATVs, purchased in 2012, will be replaced. “They’re starting to become money pits just in terms of maintenance and because of their age,” Candiano said. The older ATVs and UTV will be traded in. The $15,000 total trade-in value brings the cost to $7,108.

CHICAGO (WLS) — A pedestrian was injured after a vehicle wanted in connection with a carjacking on the West Side drove to Lincoln Park Sunday night, Illinois State Police said.

ISP said at about 11:15 p.m. they responded to a pursuit on the West Side of Chicago for a vehicle wanted in connection with a carjacking.

ISP said troopers used an Automatic License Plate Reader to locate a silver Toyota which had been stolen at about 7 p.m.

Troopers pursued the vehicle after it fled during an attempted traffic stop, police said.

Stop sticks were used in the area of Chicago Avenue and Pulaski Road, which flattened one of the car’s tires.

A trooper then used a PIT maneuver and the Toyota left the roadway in the 2300-block of North Halsted Street. A pedestrian jumped out of the way and onto a nearby fence and the Toyota crashed into the fence, police said.

The pedestrian suffered minor injuries and was transported to a hospital where they were treated and released, police said.

The suspect, 18-year-old Gambino Johns, was taken into custody and has been charged with four counts of aggravated fleeing to elude charges.

WAUWATOSA, Wis. – A Wauwatosa police chase ended with a crash and the driver in custody Saturday, Sept. 16.

It started near 68th and Center when officers tried to stop a vehicle for a red light violation around 6:20 p.m. The driver took off.

Police used stop sticks, and the fleeing vehicle crashed near 77th and Locust. The driver was arrested for fleeing and operating while intoxicated.

The driver was taken to a hospital for treatment of a “minor injury,” police said. No one else was hurt.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A 16-year-old boy from Newville has been charged after attempting to flee from police in a stolen vehicle.

According to a press release from Pennsylvania State Police, officers were involved in a 12.5 mile pursuit with a teenager and several others in a blue 2016 Subaru. The incident occurred on Thursday, September 14th around 2:36am.

After 12.5 miles, PSP Chambersburg officers deployed spike strips, successfully deflating the vehicles tires.

There were four occupants in the vehicle at the time, which was later discovered to be stolen.

Four people were charged after a chase in Franklin County .According to State Police, a pursuit began around 2:36 a.m. with a 2016 blue Subaru near Prospect Avenue in Southampton Township.The chase lasted around 12.5 miles before state troopers were able to deploy spike strips to deflate the fleeing vehicles tires.The troopers arrested the four occupants of the vehicle, and it was discovered that the vehicle was stolen.Two of the occupants were in illegal possession of firearms.Police say all four occupants of the vehicle will face charges.

CHICO — A man suffered a stab wound to the abdomen late Friday, allegedly from the same two people officers from the Chico Police Department suspect of stealing the victim’s car.

Police dispatchers received a call at 9:55 p.m. Friday from a man at the intersection of Whitewood Way and Mariposa Avenue; he said he had been stabbed and his vehicle had been stolen. Police came to the scene and discovered the man had a non-life-threatening stab wound; he went to Enloe Medical Center for treatment.

Several officers circulated in the area in an effort to find the suspects and one officer located the car at East Eaton Road and Mariposa Avenue. The suspects drove away from the officer during the resulting traffic stop; they drove onto various streets in north Chico until continuing northbound on Highway 99. Police, along the Butte County Sheriff’s Office and California Highway Patrol, pursued the car in unincorporated areas north of Chico.

A Chicago man is being held without bail on charges he robbed a Verizon store in Addison Thursday.

Meanwhile, two other suspects remain at large.

Diamonte L. Walls, 25, of the 9200 block of South Bishop Street, is charged with armed robbery with a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.

According to a news release from the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office, Walls entered the store at 1400 W. Lake St. wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a black mask.

He told all the customers to get on the floor while the workers gave him merchandise, authorities allege. He then ordered three workers to the back storage room, gave them garbage bags and ordered them to fill it up with merchandise, according to the news release.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – An arrest warrant has been issued for a Springfield man who hit a police car during a chase in a stolen truck last year.

According to online court records, 46-year-old Raymond Richter is charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, and resisting arrest creating a substantial risk of injury or death. A warrant for his arrest was issued Friday.

In January 2022, Springfield police officers spotted a stolen pick-up truck near Chestnut Expressway and National Avenue. Richter took off and was stopped when officers used spike strips.

The tires on the truck popped, and Richter crashed into the patrol car that was blocking traffic at Kansas Expressway and Division Street.

Robert Wilson Hinkley, age 37, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment for possession of child pornography, second or subsequent conviction. U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson imposed the sentence on September 11, 2023, which includes 10 years of supervised release following Hinkley’s prison term. According to court documents, Hinkley was on federal probation for a child pornography conviction and had a prior state conviction for the same offense. His probation officer suspected that Hinkley had searched for and downloaded child pornography. A subsequent search confirmed that Hinkley had downloaded over 1,000 child pornography files onto his laptop. The case was investigated by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Z. Seth Griswold

GLENDALE, Wis. — A reckless driver evaded police before officers deployed stop sticks, forcing the suspect to crash along Port Washington Road in Glendale Friday morning.

According to an email from the Glendale Police Department, officers received a report of a reckless driver around 11:40 a.m. near Port Washington and Silver Spring. Officers found that vehicle in the Bayshore Mall parking structure.

The driver of the vehicle tried to get away from police. Officers deployed ‘stop stick’ tire shredding devices along the road, forcing the suspect into a crash along Port Washington Road.

Officers then took everyone in the car into custody.

Glendale police said they were not aware of any injuries caused by the crash.

September 14, 2023 – Riverside County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at 3:32 a.m., Moreno Valley Sheriff’s deputies

located a stolen vehicle traveling westbound on Sunnymead Boulevard and Indian Avenue. The vehicle was reported stolen from the city of Menifee. Deputies attempted a vehicle stop, but the vehicle failed to yield, and a pursuit was initiated. The pursuit continued through the city of Moreno Valley until spike strips disabled the vehicle. The driver, later identified as 28-year-old Johnny Isaac Zuniga, a resident of Perris, ran from the vehicle and into a nearby housing community.

Riverside County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) assisted with the search. Community members advised Zuniga was hiding in their residence. SEB members gave commands, and Zuniga ultimately surrendered without incident. Zuniga was arrested and booked for felony evading and burglary.

First responders on Monday found an SUV burning outside a Cary church.

Before 1:30 p.m., Apex police officers and Cary firefighters responded to the burning SUV near Green Level Baptist Church at 8509 Green Level Church Road.

Police said the situation started near NC Highway 55 in Apex when officers had an interaction with a woman whom displayed signs of intoxication.

The woman got into a vehicle and began to the leave the scene, driving in a reckless manner. Officers used stop sticks to puncture the vehicle’s tires, but the intoxicated driver still fled the scene initiating a pursuit.

Police said they don’t know if the driver just stopped or the vehicle broke down but the pursuit ended at the Green Level Baptist Church, where the driver was taken into custody.

A deadly carjacking in Palm Bay led law enforcement on a chase into Indian River County. Officers eventually caught the suspect, and he’s now back in Brevard County.It happened late last night at the 7-Eleven on Bayside Lakes Boulevard, and according to Palm Bay police, local 23-year-old Evan Chambliss shot and killed a man during that carjacking.Folks who live in the area were surprised by the killing just down the road. “Definitely shocking. I live two minutes away from here. I come to 7-Eleven all the time. So I won’t be coming here after 11 p.m., I tell you that,” said Lenord Conception. Police first got the call for shots fired at 11:40 p.m. on Tuesday and found the victim when they arrived at the 7-Eleven. He later died from his injuries, and his ID has not yet been released.Police issued a “be on the lookout” order in Brevard and surrounding counties.

PLYMOUTH, Minn. — Plymouth police say four juveniles were taken into custody overnight following the chase of a stolen vehicle.

According to police, Medina and Plymouth police officers were dispatched at around 1 a.m. Wednesday to Brockton Lane and Medina Road for a stolen automobile being tracked by the car manufacturer.

When officers found the vehicle, the motorist fled and police began a pursuit. The pursuit ended in the area of Highway 55 and Boone Avenue in Golden Valley when police deployed stop sticks, disabling all of the vehicle’s tires.

BLOOMFIELD – A I-69 northbound pursuit, Tuesday, at approximately 10:15 a.m., resulted in the arrest of an Evansville man on a variety of charges.

Master Trooper John Yung was stopped on the right shoulder of I-69, north of the 89-mile marker, with his rear red/blue emergency lights activated when a blue 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier, driven by Trey B. Bedwell, 35, of Evansville, failed to slow down and move over for a stationary emergency vehicle.

While using a VASCAR speed-timing device to track the Cobalt’s speed for more than a mile, Yung determined Bedwell’s vehicle speed exceeded 99 miles per hour.

Jose Martinez, 36, was arrested for three counts of flight to avoid arrest, two counts of willful reckless driving, one count of reckless driving, two counts of obstructing a peace officer and one count of resisting arrest.

According to Grand Island Police, around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, officers attempted to stop a 2003 Dodge Dakota, driven by Martinez, at Stolley Park Road and South Locust Street. However, police say the vehicle refused to stop and drove 55 MPH in a 35 MPH zone, passing multiple vehicles.

Capt. Jim Duering said the pursuit was later discontinued due to high speeds and safety concerns.

A 38-year-old man is behind bars after he ran a stop sign in Reddick and led Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a high-speed chase that came to an end in Citra.

On Wednesday, two MCSO deputies were in a stationary patrol car near the intersection of NW 155th Street and Highway 441 in Reddick when a red pickup truck was observed running a stop sign at the intersection. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was later identified as Graham Harley Taggart, according to the arrest report.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – The Union County Sheriff’s Office announced that a suspect was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after he allegedly led law enforcement on a chase in a stolen ambulance.

The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the situation at around 12:20 p.m. after someone reported that an ambulance was stolen from the Mary Black Campus of Spartanburg Medical Center.

According to deputies, law enforcement chased the stolen ambulance into Spartanburg, where a Spartanburg City Police Officer’s patrol car crashed. The department later confirmed that the officer wasn’t injured following the crash.

Deputies stated that the chase continued into Union County, where a Union County deputy’s patrol car crashed. Eventually, deputies deployed stopped sticks and caused the ambulance to stop at Whitmire Highway and Highway 176. After the vehicle stopped, deputies took the driver, Terrance Darby, into custody and charged him with reckless driving. They added that other charges are pending.