1 00:00:08,007 --> 00:00:09,109 [voice over pa system] ...leave the building. 2 00:00:09,209 --> 00:00:10,577 [narrator] In Ohio... 3 00:00:13,279 --> 00:00:14,681 [man speaking] 4 00:00:15,949 --> 00:00:18,084 You immediately started thinking of casualties. 5 00:00:19,452 --> 00:00:21,021 [officer] It was horrifying. 6 00:00:21,121 --> 00:00:22,822 -[fireman speaking] -[officer] All right. All right. 7 00:00:24,124 --> 00:00:25,592 [woman moans in pain] 8 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:27,427 [narrator] Fifty miles across the state... 9 00:00:28,261 --> 00:00:29,462 [woman 1 speaking] 10 00:00:31,398 --> 00:00:32,298 [kid yelling] 11 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:33,166 [indistinct shouting] 12 00:00:33,266 --> 00:00:34,467 [woman 2 screaming] 13 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:35,769 My stomach dropped. 14 00:00:36,503 --> 00:00:37,637 [officer speaking] 15 00:00:39,539 --> 00:00:40,907 [narrator] And in Wisconsin, 16 00:00:41,007 --> 00:00:44,144 police pursue a stolen snowplow. 17 00:00:44,244 --> 00:00:46,613 I can't believe this is actually happening. 18 00:00:51,718 --> 00:00:53,386 [opening theme playing] 19 00:01:03,163 --> 00:01:07,267 [narrator] In Northeast Ohio is Mahoning County, 20 00:01:08,735 --> 00:01:10,537 and the city of Youngstown. 21 00:01:15,875 --> 00:01:17,944 [phone ringing] 22 00:01:18,044 --> 00:01:20,146 [911 operator speaking] 23 00:01:20,780 --> 00:01:22,048 [male caller speaking] 24 00:01:26,286 --> 00:01:27,920 [911 operator speaking] 25 00:01:29,356 --> 00:01:31,091 [male caller speaking] 26 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:34,227 [911 operator speaking] 27 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:41,201 [Captain Tommy Gibbs] When a call like this comes in, 28 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:43,470 nine times out of ten, turns out to be nothing. 29 00:01:45,604 --> 00:01:48,341 Maybe a car was parked outside for a long period of time, 30 00:01:48,441 --> 00:01:50,477 somebody left their pilot light on. 31 00:01:51,845 --> 00:01:53,780 Usually, they are very basic calls. 32 00:01:57,183 --> 00:02:00,153 [Michael Romeo] Realty Tower is a 13-story building. 33 00:02:01,421 --> 00:02:03,723 The first floor, there is a Chase Bank. 34 00:02:04,524 --> 00:02:06,993 And on the south side, 35 00:02:07,093 --> 00:02:08,595 there is apartments. 36 00:02:09,795 --> 00:02:11,464 There's a lot of people that live there, 37 00:02:11,564 --> 00:02:12,966 a lot of people coming and going, 38 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:15,068 a lot of professionals that live in the building. 39 00:02:16,736 --> 00:02:19,272 On May 28, I ended up going up to my office, 40 00:02:19,372 --> 00:02:22,275 which is on the 14th floor directly across the street. 41 00:02:23,176 --> 00:02:24,377 [voice over pa system] 42 00:02:29,082 --> 00:02:31,818 [narrator] At Realty Towers, an alarm sounds, 43 00:02:31,918 --> 00:02:33,787 and residents start evacuating. 44 00:02:36,389 --> 00:02:38,892 I was talking, um, to my team 45 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:41,528 about a project that we were getting ready to go to, 46 00:02:42,462 --> 00:02:44,597 and that's when it happened. 47 00:02:56,776 --> 00:03:00,613 I just felt... this power. 48 00:03:04,884 --> 00:03:05,952 I heard it, 49 00:03:06,519 --> 00:03:08,288 and everything shook. 50 00:03:08,722 --> 00:03:10,156 [loud rumbling] 51 00:03:12,759 --> 00:03:16,930 [Romeo] I see a rush of dust 52 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:18,398 with a yellow hue. 53 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:22,936 I ended up snapping a picture 54 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:24,471 and calling 911. 55 00:03:26,272 --> 00:03:29,242 [Deputy Joseph Hamilton] I'm about a block south of the Realty Tower. 56 00:03:30,076 --> 00:03:32,645 I hear the explosion. 57 00:03:34,748 --> 00:03:36,649 I ran out. 58 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:41,321 And I could just see the biggest cloud of dust and debris and smoke. 59 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:47,594 I radioed my sergeant and let him know that there was an explosion, 60 00:03:47,694 --> 00:03:49,629 and that I was headed towards it. 61 00:03:49,728 --> 00:03:52,432 -[phone ringing] -[911 operator speaking] 62 00:03:52,531 --> 00:03:55,001 [man 1 speaking] 63 00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:57,704 [phone ringing] 64 00:03:57,804 --> 00:03:59,706 [man 2 speaking] 65 00:04:01,675 --> 00:04:03,543 -[phone ringing] -[man 3 speaking] 66 00:04:05,011 --> 00:04:06,346 [911 operator speaking] 67 00:04:08,848 --> 00:04:12,085 [narrator] Michael Romeo starts to evacuate his building 68 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:15,321 and the hotel directly across the street. 69 00:04:15,422 --> 00:04:17,057 We need to pull this fire alarm now. 70 00:04:17,156 --> 00:04:18,725 We need to move everybody out of this building 71 00:04:18,825 --> 00:04:20,093 'cause the hotel is sold out. 72 00:04:20,192 --> 00:04:21,728 There's hundreds of people here, 73 00:04:21,827 --> 00:04:23,396 and there can be another explosion. 74 00:04:23,496 --> 00:04:24,898 [officer yelling] Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! 75 00:04:24,998 --> 00:04:27,334 I couldn't talk. I was just trying to focus on the task at hand. 76 00:04:29,636 --> 00:04:31,938 [woman speaking] 77 00:04:37,277 --> 00:04:38,878 [siren wailing] 78 00:04:42,248 --> 00:04:45,018 I could just see what I thought was smoke 79 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:47,053 filling all of the downtown area. 80 00:04:48,188 --> 00:04:50,323 I initiated what we call a second alarm, 81 00:04:50,423 --> 00:04:53,058 which will send me additional crews. 82 00:04:53,159 --> 00:04:54,761 -[Dep. Hamilton panting] -[siren wailing] 83 00:04:56,996 --> 00:04:58,298 [Dep. Hamilton yelling] 84 00:05:07,574 --> 00:05:09,342 I've never seen anything like this. 85 00:05:09,442 --> 00:05:11,144 [indistinct shouting] 86 00:05:17,117 --> 00:05:18,785 [Dep. Hamilton] There was so much damage done. 87 00:05:18,885 --> 00:05:20,687 The first floor was down into the basement. 88 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:23,356 The basement floor was just completely uprooted. 89 00:05:24,691 --> 00:05:26,226 It was horrifying. 90 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:27,727 [siren wailing] 91 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:29,596 [Dep. Hamilton yelling] 92 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:35,735 There is a gas leak. You could smell it. You could hear it. 93 00:05:37,337 --> 00:05:39,639 The biggest fear I have is a secondary explosion. 94 00:05:46,713 --> 00:05:47,781 The front face of the building, 95 00:05:47,881 --> 00:05:49,416 the whole first floor is already open. 96 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:51,317 The secondary explosion could be huge. 97 00:05:51,418 --> 00:05:53,486 [indistinct shouting] 98 00:05:57,157 --> 00:05:59,659 You could hear people yelling and people running everywhere. 99 00:06:00,593 --> 00:06:01,728 The shock hit 100 00:06:01,828 --> 00:06:03,329 of what am I seeing. 101 00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:08,501 [Dep. Hamilton speaking] 102 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:10,170 [Dep. Hamilton speaking] 103 00:06:13,773 --> 00:06:14,674 Go ahead. 104 00:06:14,774 --> 00:06:16,209 [indistinct shouting] 105 00:06:17,077 --> 00:06:18,044 [Dep. Hamilton] All right, all right! 106 00:06:19,646 --> 00:06:23,116 This was one of the biggest catastrophes that I've ever been on. 107 00:06:27,554 --> 00:06:29,689 You immediately start thinking of casualties. 108 00:06:33,326 --> 00:06:36,963 [narrator] The energy supplier has been called to shut off the gas. 109 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:39,165 But with people trapped inside, 110 00:06:39,265 --> 00:06:40,767 there's no time to wait. 111 00:06:41,534 --> 00:06:43,103 [indistinct conversation] 112 00:06:46,272 --> 00:06:49,676 [Chief Tim Frease] The front wall of the building is completely blown out. 113 00:06:49,776 --> 00:06:52,779 I can actually see the stilt skeleton of the building. 114 00:06:55,015 --> 00:06:56,816 The residential side of the apartment building 115 00:06:56,916 --> 00:07:00,553 had no cracking, no bricks falling from above. 116 00:07:00,653 --> 00:07:03,957 [narrator] But some residents, including the mom and baby 117 00:07:04,057 --> 00:07:05,525 captured on camera, 118 00:07:05,625 --> 00:07:08,228 got out with just minutes to spare. 119 00:07:17,604 --> 00:07:20,306 As firefighters search for casualties, 120 00:07:20,407 --> 00:07:23,143 police block off several streets in the area. 121 00:07:24,644 --> 00:07:26,179 [Dep. Hamilton yelling] 122 00:07:34,587 --> 00:07:36,289 [officer speaking] 123 00:07:38,825 --> 00:07:40,593 [pedestrian speaking] 124 00:07:40,694 --> 00:07:41,661 [officer speaking] 125 00:07:42,729 --> 00:07:43,863 [pedestrian speaking] 126 00:07:46,366 --> 00:07:47,801 [officer speaking] 127 00:07:49,336 --> 00:07:50,637 [dispatcher speaking indistinctly over radio] 128 00:07:52,706 --> 00:07:54,441 [officer speaking] 129 00:07:55,675 --> 00:07:57,409 [man speaking] 130 00:07:57,510 --> 00:07:58,645 [officer speaking] 131 00:08:02,248 --> 00:08:02,882 [survivor speaking] 132 00:08:02,982 --> 00:08:05,085 [indistinct conversation] 133 00:08:05,185 --> 00:08:06,920 [officer speaking] 134 00:08:08,288 --> 00:08:11,758 [Chief Frease] Our immediate problem was the Chase Bank. 135 00:08:13,293 --> 00:08:14,794 [narrator] The bank on the first floor 136 00:08:14,894 --> 00:08:17,497 has collapsed into the basement. 137 00:08:17,597 --> 00:08:19,532 Firefighters need to climb down 138 00:08:19,632 --> 00:08:21,301 to search for victims. 139 00:08:21,401 --> 00:08:23,303 [Chief Frease] When you're putting people into a building like that, 140 00:08:23,403 --> 00:08:25,672 you're continuously reassessing, 141 00:08:25,772 --> 00:08:28,608 is this building progressively moving towards collapse? 142 00:08:30,310 --> 00:08:32,912 Hoping that it's not a sudden catastrophic failure, 143 00:08:33,013 --> 00:08:35,148 that you get a warning that you can pull people out. 144 00:08:39,953 --> 00:08:41,488 [Dep. Hamilton speaking] 145 00:08:41,587 --> 00:08:45,492 That is when I had Officer Hamilton hold the ladder, 146 00:08:45,592 --> 00:08:47,560 so I could lower myself down in there. 147 00:08:49,329 --> 00:08:51,364 [Dep. Hamilton speaking] 148 00:08:51,464 --> 00:08:54,267 As I began to hold the ladder, it was pretty unsteady. 149 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:56,069 It wasn't a basement floor. 150 00:08:56,169 --> 00:08:59,105 It was literally, uh, concrete and piles and rubble. 151 00:09:10,483 --> 00:09:13,186 I... I work with all these firefighters. 152 00:09:13,286 --> 00:09:14,821 I know their families. 153 00:09:14,921 --> 00:09:18,358 It is a very stressful occurrence to put them into harm's way, 154 00:09:18,458 --> 00:09:22,696 knowing that there is a substantial amount of risk involved with this. 155 00:09:23,797 --> 00:09:25,865 [Romeo] The power was still on in that building. 156 00:09:25,965 --> 00:09:27,600 There is a gas leak, 157 00:09:27,701 --> 00:09:30,136 and now I'm able to look down and see firefighters 158 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:31,638 in three, four feet of water. 159 00:09:37,544 --> 00:09:40,847 All I could see was, uh, top of a female's hair. 160 00:09:41,915 --> 00:09:44,250 It was covered in dust, and I did notice blood. 161 00:09:47,454 --> 00:09:48,922 [indistinct shouting] 162 00:09:49,022 --> 00:09:50,657 [Capt. Gibbs] I asked her, um, 163 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:52,192 if she was able to stand, 164 00:09:52,292 --> 00:09:54,494 and she advised me, "No." 165 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:56,529 I knew I only had one option to get her out, 166 00:09:56,629 --> 00:09:58,365 and that was to put her on my shoulder. 167 00:10:02,002 --> 00:10:03,937 [Dep. Hamilton] We need to get these people out immediately 168 00:10:04,037 --> 00:10:06,339 and try to preserve as much life as we can. 169 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:15,548 [siren wailing at a distance] 170 00:10:23,656 --> 00:10:24,624 [Dep. Hamilton speaking] 171 00:10:37,003 --> 00:10:39,139 [Capt. Gibbs speaking] 172 00:10:39,239 --> 00:10:40,340 [Dep. Hamilton] All right. All right. 173 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:42,575 [woman groans in pain] 174 00:10:43,443 --> 00:10:44,577 Go ahead. Go. Go. 175 00:10:44,678 --> 00:10:46,513 -[officer] We gotta go. We gotta go. -[woman yelling] 176 00:10:50,350 --> 00:10:51,484 [Dep. Hamilton speaking] 177 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:53,787 [officer speaking] 178 00:10:53,887 --> 00:10:55,188 [woman yelling] 179 00:10:56,589 --> 00:10:58,158 [Dep. Hamilton] Her face was just... it was bloodied. 180 00:10:58,258 --> 00:11:00,326 You could see the lacerations. You could see the cuts. 181 00:11:00,427 --> 00:11:01,528 They were all over. 182 00:11:01,628 --> 00:11:03,196 Her leg was wobbling. 183 00:11:03,296 --> 00:11:04,864 [woman yelling] 184 00:11:04,964 --> 00:11:06,499 -Stay calm, dear. Hang on. -[Dep. Hamilton speaking] 185 00:11:13,173 --> 00:11:14,841 They're all breathing in this gas right now. 186 00:11:14,941 --> 00:11:16,910 [Chief Frease] When the first ambulance gets there, 187 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:20,847 that ambulance becomes the medical triage center. 188 00:11:20,947 --> 00:11:21,981 [female officer] Do we have any other medic here? 189 00:11:22,082 --> 00:11:23,383 [man speaking] 190 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:27,954 [indistinct conversation] 191 00:11:28,054 --> 00:11:29,723 -[woman wailing] -[female officer] I know, dear. I know. 192 00:11:29,823 --> 00:11:31,257 [woman speaking indistinctly] 193 00:11:31,925 --> 00:11:32,692 [phone ringing] 194 00:11:32,792 --> 00:11:34,928 [young woman caller speaking] 195 00:11:44,104 --> 00:11:44,771 [Dep. Hamilton speaking] 196 00:11:48,341 --> 00:11:49,976 [Capt. Gibbs] Right directly behind us, 197 00:11:50,076 --> 00:11:53,680 there was a bathroom that was kind of buried and trapped. 198 00:11:53,780 --> 00:11:55,548 There was a lady trapped in there 199 00:11:55,648 --> 00:11:56,750 waiting for someone to rescue her. 200 00:11:58,418 --> 00:12:02,088 She did not sustain any physical injuries that I witnessed. 201 00:12:04,257 --> 00:12:05,725 [fireman speaking] 202 00:12:09,195 --> 00:12:11,164 At that point, I don't have a roster. 203 00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:13,199 You could have friends in the building. 204 00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:16,102 You could have random workers in the building. 205 00:12:16,202 --> 00:12:19,873 It's a physical search of the entire structure. 206 00:12:19,973 --> 00:12:21,675 [voice over pa system] 207 00:12:25,879 --> 00:12:28,548 [narrator] Seven people are injured in the explosion. 208 00:12:30,316 --> 00:12:33,753 Tragically, 27-year-old bank employee, 209 00:12:33,853 --> 00:12:35,889 Akil Drake, is killed. 210 00:12:39,259 --> 00:12:42,495 [Dep. Hamilton] His body was discovered or recovered later that night. 211 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:44,931 That would have been [exhales] 212 00:12:45,031 --> 00:12:48,568 about eight or nine hours after the explosion, unfortunately. 213 00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:58,845 [Capt. Gibbs] I have not had the pleasure of meeting the Drake family, 214 00:13:01,381 --> 00:13:02,549 but... 215 00:13:02,649 --> 00:13:05,251 uh, hopefully they're aware that I tried my best to, 216 00:13:05,352 --> 00:13:06,686 uh, locate their son. 217 00:13:13,727 --> 00:13:14,961 [Romeo] It could be anybody. 218 00:13:15,061 --> 00:13:18,064 I mean, we walk out of buildings every single day. 219 00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:20,133 I walked in and out of that... 220 00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:22,702 resident side of that door, 221 00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:24,604 a hundred times in the last month. 222 00:13:28,274 --> 00:13:30,143 [Capt. Gibbs] The toughest part is the aftermath, 223 00:13:31,511 --> 00:13:34,080 and the the mental warfare it plays on you. 224 00:13:37,584 --> 00:13:38,885 [Dep. Hamilton] I just wanted to, uh, 225 00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:41,688 I just wanted... just wanted to be with my family. [inhales] 226 00:13:41,788 --> 00:13:44,357 At that point, you realize what's important, 227 00:13:44,457 --> 00:13:46,426 and you realize, um... 228 00:13:47,027 --> 00:13:48,995 it's... it's family. 229 00:13:49,996 --> 00:13:52,198 [narrator] The 100-year-old Realty Building 230 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:54,601 is being demolished due to damage 231 00:13:54,701 --> 00:13:57,103 resulting from the explosion. 232 00:13:57,203 --> 00:14:00,373 The cause of the blast is still under investigation. 233 00:14:01,374 --> 00:14:03,910 [Romeo] I mean, it's a gut punch, but... 234 00:14:04,778 --> 00:14:06,012 it's Youngstown. 235 00:14:06,112 --> 00:14:08,682 We bounce back, so... 236 00:14:08,782 --> 00:14:11,284 We'll get there, but it's... it's a rough time right now. 237 00:14:15,221 --> 00:14:16,489 [narrator] In Northern Ohio... 238 00:14:17,557 --> 00:14:19,526 just south of Cleveland, 239 00:14:19,626 --> 00:14:20,994 is Summit County, 240 00:14:21,961 --> 00:14:23,430 and the city of Akron. 241 00:14:29,502 --> 00:14:31,838 Honestly, it was my first day 242 00:14:31,938 --> 00:14:33,306 on the job 243 00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:36,242 without having someone sit next to me. 244 00:14:36,343 --> 00:14:38,411 So I was a nervous wreck that day. 245 00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:42,248 Summit County is the area we dispatch for. 246 00:14:43,216 --> 00:14:45,418 We only had five people working that day 247 00:14:45,518 --> 00:14:47,487 and all the phones were ringing off the hook. 248 00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:49,556 [phone ringing] 249 00:14:49,656 --> 00:14:51,658 [Brown speaking] 250 00:14:52,325 --> 00:14:54,227 [female caller speaking] 251 00:14:54,728 --> 00:14:56,062 [Brown speaking] 252 00:14:56,162 --> 00:14:57,330 [female caller speaking] 253 00:14:58,865 --> 00:15:00,133 [indistinct yelling] 254 00:15:04,738 --> 00:15:07,073 [Brown] The caller had said, "We're at Taco Bell. 255 00:15:07,173 --> 00:15:08,508 This guy came out of nowhere." 256 00:15:16,116 --> 00:15:17,917 He just pulled this woman out of the car 257 00:15:18,018 --> 00:15:19,119 in the drive-through. 258 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:22,922 [narrator] The mom tries her best to hold on. 259 00:15:31,264 --> 00:15:33,299 [Brown] He took off towards the highway. 260 00:15:36,403 --> 00:15:37,404 And there's kids in the car. 261 00:15:38,538 --> 00:15:41,675 Taco Bell, kidnapping, car was taken. 262 00:15:43,877 --> 00:15:45,679 [narrator] Two young boys escape 263 00:15:45,779 --> 00:15:47,414 and make it back to their mom. 264 00:15:48,081 --> 00:15:50,450 But there's a third child. 265 00:15:50,550 --> 00:15:51,885 [female caller speaking] 266 00:15:53,687 --> 00:15:55,021 [woman crying] 267 00:15:55,121 --> 00:15:57,090 I was on adrenaline. 268 00:15:57,190 --> 00:15:58,591 This is really happening. 269 00:15:58,692 --> 00:16:01,127 I need to get this call out to my officers, 270 00:16:01,227 --> 00:16:02,328 so we find the child. 271 00:16:05,398 --> 00:16:06,399 [female caller speaking] 272 00:16:06,499 --> 00:16:08,268 [woman speaking] 273 00:16:21,881 --> 00:16:23,583 -[Dep. Dies speaking] -[woman crying hysterically] 274 00:16:23,683 --> 00:16:24,951 [Dep. Dies speaking] 275 00:16:25,885 --> 00:16:27,220 [kid speaking] 276 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:28,955 [indistinct yelling, crying] 277 00:16:29,055 --> 00:16:30,090 [woman yelling] 278 00:16:31,791 --> 00:16:34,227 The mom was screaming extraordinarily loud, 279 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:36,396 which is totally understandable, 280 00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:38,064 given she just probably went through the most 281 00:16:38,164 --> 00:16:40,400 traumatic experience of her entire life, 282 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,936 as well as having one of her kids still in the vehicle 283 00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:44,771 that was commandeered by this male. 284 00:16:44,871 --> 00:16:46,639 -[woman and kids yelling, crying] -[Dep. Dies speaking] 285 00:16:54,781 --> 00:16:57,484 [narrator] Less than 100 yards from the Taco Bell, 286 00:16:57,584 --> 00:16:58,785 is a gas station. 287 00:16:58,885 --> 00:17:00,086 [phone ringing] 288 00:17:00,186 --> 00:17:01,588 [male operator speaking] 289 00:17:02,222 --> 00:17:04,457 [female caller 1 speaking] 290 00:17:11,131 --> 00:17:13,532 [female caller 2 speaking] 291 00:17:20,473 --> 00:17:24,077 [Deputy John Lombardi] Incidents like that can go south in seconds. 292 00:17:24,176 --> 00:17:26,746 The victim might start fighting back. 293 00:17:26,846 --> 00:17:28,515 The suspect might have a weapon, 294 00:17:28,615 --> 00:17:31,051 so it could escalate really, really quick. 295 00:17:32,318 --> 00:17:33,453 [male operator speaking] 296 00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:35,455 [female caller 1 speaking] 297 00:17:43,396 --> 00:17:47,233 [Brown] The original call was an elderly lady at the gas station. 298 00:17:47,334 --> 00:17:48,868 She had said that there was an older male 299 00:17:48,968 --> 00:17:53,106 with a tank top on, late 30s, early 40s. 300 00:17:53,973 --> 00:17:55,742 [male dispatcher speaking] 301 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:04,117 [Brown] She was actually very scared, initially. 302 00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:05,952 Um, you can just tell. 303 00:18:06,052 --> 00:18:07,687 It was hard to get information from her. 304 00:18:07,787 --> 00:18:09,189 She was like, "Just hurry. Just hurry." 305 00:18:12,158 --> 00:18:13,360 [female caller 2 speaking] 306 00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:17,864 [narrator] 911 callers track the suspect's movements. 307 00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:20,367 [Brown speaking] 308 00:18:21,101 --> 00:18:22,736 [female caller 2 speaking] 309 00:18:27,073 --> 00:18:28,908 [Brown speaking] 310 00:18:29,009 --> 00:18:30,543 [female caller 1 speaking] 311 00:18:30,643 --> 00:18:31,811 [woman yelling] 312 00:18:32,912 --> 00:18:34,214 [woman wailing] 313 00:18:34,714 --> 00:18:35,749 [siren blaring] 314 00:18:35,849 --> 00:18:38,051 [narrator] Multiple patrol units are called in 315 00:18:38,151 --> 00:18:40,186 to find the stolen minivan 316 00:18:40,286 --> 00:18:42,055 and the kidnapped two-year-old. 317 00:18:43,790 --> 00:18:44,824 [dispatcher speaking] 318 00:18:48,528 --> 00:18:49,963 [Dep. Dies speaking] 319 00:18:50,063 --> 00:18:52,899 When I found out that it was an actual kidnapping, 320 00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:55,268 that this van had a kid inside, 321 00:18:55,368 --> 00:18:56,536 my heart dropped a little bit 322 00:18:56,636 --> 00:18:58,972 because I thought of my family and what my wife 323 00:18:59,072 --> 00:19:00,807 might have went through if somebody did, 324 00:19:00,907 --> 00:19:02,375 in fact, try and steal her car. 325 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:03,677 [indistinct shouting] 326 00:19:03,777 --> 00:19:05,378 [dispatcher speaking] 327 00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:06,546 [woman speaking] 328 00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:07,881 [officer speaking] 329 00:19:07,981 --> 00:19:09,449 [woman speaking] 330 00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:11,151 [Dep. Dies speaking] 331 00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:15,488 [dispatcher speaking] 332 00:19:18,124 --> 00:19:19,592 [Dep. Dies speaking] 333 00:19:22,162 --> 00:19:25,598 [narrator] And there is another major concern for deputies, 334 00:19:25,699 --> 00:19:26,900 the baby's mother. 335 00:19:31,104 --> 00:19:32,839 [Dep. Dies speaking] 336 00:19:38,111 --> 00:19:39,212 [sirens blaring] 337 00:19:39,312 --> 00:19:40,547 [dispatcher speaking] 338 00:19:43,183 --> 00:19:44,384 [Dep. Dies speaking] 339 00:19:46,753 --> 00:19:48,521 [Dep. Lombardi] I immediately jumped on the highway, 340 00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:51,591 and drove as fast as I could to try and catch up. 341 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:54,527 We were trying to get more information 342 00:19:54,627 --> 00:19:56,629 on the vehicle, 343 00:19:56,730 --> 00:19:57,931 um, that we were looking for. 344 00:19:58,031 --> 00:19:59,466 [sirens wailing] 345 00:19:59,566 --> 00:20:01,167 [Dep. Dies] I had to locate this van. 346 00:20:01,267 --> 00:20:02,202 I had to find the kid. 347 00:20:02,302 --> 00:20:04,637 I had to get that child back to his mom. 348 00:20:08,074 --> 00:20:10,343 I was also looking for very erratic driving 349 00:20:10,443 --> 00:20:13,346 because I knew that if the male was willing to fight somebody 350 00:20:13,446 --> 00:20:15,548 and then throw a female out of the car, 351 00:20:15,648 --> 00:20:18,985 that this wasn't somebody that was gonna be driving 65 352 00:20:19,085 --> 00:20:20,887 with all rules of the road involved. 353 00:20:26,693 --> 00:20:30,063 And there was a dark-colored, uh, Honda minivan. 354 00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:34,768 Five-one-three-eight. 355 00:20:41,141 --> 00:20:42,575 [dispatcher speaking] 356 00:20:46,513 --> 00:20:48,014 [sirens wailing] 357 00:20:48,114 --> 00:20:49,382 [dispatcher speaking] 358 00:20:51,885 --> 00:20:52,952 It made me very nervous 359 00:20:53,053 --> 00:20:55,689 because the way that this gentleman was driving, 360 00:20:55,789 --> 00:20:57,424 he had the door wide open. 361 00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:07,033 I wasn't sure if a two-year-old would have unbuckled 362 00:21:07,133 --> 00:21:09,736 if he was just rolling around the back seat of the minivan. 363 00:21:16,443 --> 00:21:19,279 My four-year-old, he knows how to take his seatbelt off. 364 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,816 The only thing keeping a child in this car 365 00:21:22,916 --> 00:21:24,617 is wide open on the driver's side door. 366 00:21:27,721 --> 00:21:28,922 My stomach dropped. 367 00:21:41,234 --> 00:21:42,602 [Dep. Lombardi] I was thinking, "Oh, God, 368 00:21:42,702 --> 00:21:45,271 please don't let a little kid's head pop out." 369 00:21:45,372 --> 00:21:47,607 [sirens wailing] 370 00:21:47,707 --> 00:21:49,109 [Dep. Lombardi] At the speeds we were going, 371 00:21:49,209 --> 00:21:51,845 I was worried that it wasn't going to end well. 372 00:21:52,445 --> 00:21:53,813 [Dep. Dies speaking] 373 00:21:53,913 --> 00:21:55,315 When I looked down, we were doing 374 00:21:55,415 --> 00:21:56,816 close to 130 miles an hour. 375 00:21:56,916 --> 00:21:58,151 [sirens wailing] 376 00:21:58,251 --> 00:21:59,386 [horns honking] 377 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:01,855 [Dep. Lombardi speaking] 378 00:22:03,323 --> 00:22:05,225 You have the suspect car, 379 00:22:05,325 --> 00:22:07,527 you'll have two cars on either side of it, 380 00:22:07,627 --> 00:22:09,029 and then you'll have a lead car. 381 00:22:09,129 --> 00:22:11,498 And that lead car will try and slow down. 382 00:22:11,598 --> 00:22:14,801 And then those other two side cars will slow down as well. 383 00:22:14,901 --> 00:22:17,137 And it gives him nowhere to maneuver to, 384 00:22:17,237 --> 00:22:19,105 and just forces him to slow down. 385 00:22:20,140 --> 00:22:21,241 [Dep. Dies speaking] 386 00:22:24,678 --> 00:22:26,212 [officer speaking] 387 00:22:26,312 --> 00:22:28,314 Everybody, all together, keeping it very tight... 388 00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:33,653 simply attempting to box this car in, 389 00:22:33,753 --> 00:22:35,422 and to get to a safe and slow speed... 390 00:22:37,657 --> 00:22:39,526 with the safety of the child in mind in the back. 391 00:22:40,326 --> 00:22:42,295 [sirens continue wailing] 392 00:22:44,297 --> 00:22:45,865 [Dep. Dies speaking] 393 00:22:47,801 --> 00:22:50,136 I remember him looking over at me, 394 00:22:50,236 --> 00:22:52,305 and him starting to turn into my car. 395 00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:54,474 [tires screeching] 396 00:22:54,574 --> 00:22:55,975 [Dep. Dies] I knew that he was really trying 397 00:22:56,076 --> 00:22:58,211 to get away from us by any means necessary, 398 00:22:58,311 --> 00:23:01,247 even if that meant him trying to get me to crash my car. 399 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,923 [Dep. Lombardi] He was able to go into the construction zone 400 00:23:10,023 --> 00:23:12,292 and get out of the area where we were 401 00:23:12,392 --> 00:23:14,728 trying to box him in at, so we were unsuccessful. 402 00:23:17,864 --> 00:23:20,266 [Brown] I'm still on the phone with the lady next to the mom 403 00:23:20,367 --> 00:23:23,470 because she's our only connection to the child, 404 00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:25,071 the only connection to the man. 405 00:23:25,171 --> 00:23:26,039 I can't hang up. 406 00:23:30,877 --> 00:23:32,746 [female caller 1 speaking] 407 00:23:32,846 --> 00:23:35,715 [Brown] Mom has not stopped screaming on this phone at all. 408 00:23:37,250 --> 00:23:38,985 [siren wailing] 409 00:23:41,021 --> 00:23:42,155 [tires screeching] 410 00:23:42,255 --> 00:23:44,257 [Dep. Dies] He was bouncing in and out of traffic. 411 00:23:48,962 --> 00:23:51,664 He hit a utility truck 412 00:23:51,765 --> 00:23:53,066 with a trailer on it 413 00:23:53,166 --> 00:23:55,935 as he was attempting to lane split and get away from us. 414 00:23:57,704 --> 00:23:59,172 [dispatcher speaking] 415 00:24:00,206 --> 00:24:01,508 [Dep. Dies speaking] 416 00:24:05,578 --> 00:24:06,780 [Dep. Lombardi] It was very dangerous. 417 00:24:10,550 --> 00:24:12,752 He connected with my car, trying to ram me. 418 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:14,854 At those types of speeds, 419 00:24:14,954 --> 00:24:16,423 he wasn't just trying to disable us. 420 00:24:16,523 --> 00:24:17,824 He was trying to take us out. 421 00:24:20,527 --> 00:24:23,663 So all the other 911 calls that are coming in are my partners. 422 00:24:23,763 --> 00:24:25,865 -[phone ringing] -[911 operator speaking] 423 00:24:26,533 --> 00:24:28,868 [caller 2 speaking] 424 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,075 [911 operator speaking] 425 00:24:35,175 --> 00:24:36,509 [caller 2 speaking] 426 00:24:45,218 --> 00:24:47,420 [911 operator speaking] 427 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,022 [caller 2 speaking] 428 00:24:50,357 --> 00:24:51,491 [Brown] All I hear in the background, 429 00:24:51,591 --> 00:24:52,959 "We have the child at Circle K. 430 00:24:53,059 --> 00:24:54,361 We have the child at Circle K." 431 00:24:55,195 --> 00:24:56,696 [dispatcher speaking] 432 00:25:00,767 --> 00:25:03,403 [Dep. Dies] The child was identified at that Circle K. 433 00:25:03,503 --> 00:25:05,405 He was there. He was safe. 434 00:25:05,505 --> 00:25:07,007 He was not in the car. 435 00:25:07,107 --> 00:25:08,875 He was going to be going back to his mom. 436 00:25:08,975 --> 00:25:09,943 [female officer speaking] 437 00:25:12,946 --> 00:25:15,782 -[woman laughs, weeps] -[female officer speaking] 438 00:25:15,882 --> 00:25:18,251 -[all weeping] -[male officer speaking] 439 00:25:19,686 --> 00:25:22,088 I felt a little bit at ease 440 00:25:22,188 --> 00:25:25,892 knowing that I could now concentrate on going after the suspect 441 00:25:25,992 --> 00:25:28,395 versus having to worry about anybody else in the car. 442 00:25:29,195 --> 00:25:30,497 [Dep. Dies speaking] 443 00:25:31,798 --> 00:25:33,199 [siren wailing] 444 00:25:33,767 --> 00:25:35,035 [Dep. Lombardi speaking] 445 00:25:41,341 --> 00:25:42,642 [dispatcher speaking] 446 00:25:43,743 --> 00:25:45,145 [Dep. Dies speaking] 447 00:25:50,784 --> 00:25:53,653 [dispatcher speaking] 448 00:25:53,753 --> 00:25:56,690 [Dep. Dies] He was still driving extraordinarily erratic. 449 00:25:56,790 --> 00:25:59,125 I had to make sure that no matter what was happening, 450 00:25:59,225 --> 00:26:01,428 that I had to keep the general public in mind 451 00:26:01,528 --> 00:26:02,829 as far as their safety goes. 452 00:26:09,002 --> 00:26:11,571 We went from a freeway where there's not gonna be a lot of foot traffic, 453 00:26:11,671 --> 00:26:14,040 to now, into a residential in Akron. 454 00:26:14,941 --> 00:26:17,043 [dispatcher speaking] 455 00:26:18,178 --> 00:26:19,946 [Dep. Lombardi speaking] 456 00:26:22,916 --> 00:26:24,884 Once I got into the residential, 457 00:26:24,984 --> 00:26:26,853 that's when I started getting nervous. 458 00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:29,389 I was glad that Akron police were right behind me. 459 00:26:34,060 --> 00:26:36,396 As I turned down one of the side streets, 460 00:26:36,496 --> 00:26:39,733 I could see in my rearview mirror that Akron drove right by us, 461 00:26:39,833 --> 00:26:42,235 while the street ended up being a dead-end road. 462 00:26:43,103 --> 00:26:45,038 [sirens wailing] 463 00:26:48,608 --> 00:26:49,876 [Dep. Lombardi] When the vehicle stopped, 464 00:26:49,976 --> 00:26:51,344 he had the door open 465 00:26:51,444 --> 00:26:53,446 and I tried to pin him in. 466 00:26:56,583 --> 00:26:59,185 Then I jumped out, pulled out my Taser. 467 00:27:01,154 --> 00:27:02,322 It was a tree line, 468 00:27:02,422 --> 00:27:05,392 and I did not know that there was a hill there. 469 00:27:05,492 --> 00:27:06,926 [sirens blaring] 470 00:27:10,663 --> 00:27:11,664 [Dep. Lombardi speaking] 471 00:27:27,013 --> 00:27:29,249 I start side-stepping down, 472 00:27:29,349 --> 00:27:31,518 and that's where I got caught up in trees 473 00:27:31,618 --> 00:27:33,753 and all the debris that was down there, 474 00:27:33,853 --> 00:27:35,622 and took a tumble down the hill. 475 00:27:38,625 --> 00:27:40,927 The terrain, it was very unsafe and slippery. 476 00:27:41,461 --> 00:27:42,762 [groans] 477 00:27:42,862 --> 00:27:44,531 [sirens continue wailing at a distance] 478 00:27:46,833 --> 00:27:49,302 [Dep. Lombardi] Luckily, Akron knew that that was a dead-end street 479 00:27:49,402 --> 00:27:51,471 and there was only one way out of it, 480 00:27:51,571 --> 00:27:53,239 and that was down that hill. 481 00:27:53,873 --> 00:27:55,241 [dispatcher speaking] 482 00:28:02,449 --> 00:28:03,516 [officer speaking] 483 00:28:05,385 --> 00:28:06,686 [officers shouting indistinctly] 484 00:28:09,656 --> 00:28:11,324 They went two blocks up, 485 00:28:11,424 --> 00:28:14,127 turned on that street, and they were actually waiting 486 00:28:14,227 --> 00:28:16,629 when he ran out of the wooded area. 487 00:28:20,333 --> 00:28:22,002 [officer yelling] 488 00:28:26,673 --> 00:28:29,676 After him running out of the wood line, he had just laid down and... 489 00:28:30,810 --> 00:28:32,645 all the fight was pretty much out of him. 490 00:28:32,746 --> 00:28:34,147 Thankfully, I was able to catch up. 491 00:28:39,586 --> 00:28:40,587 [breathing heavily] 492 00:28:44,290 --> 00:28:45,725 He had our handcuffs on him. 493 00:28:45,825 --> 00:28:48,762 Finally, now he was gonna answer for what he had done. 494 00:28:51,564 --> 00:28:52,966 [indistinct conversation] 495 00:28:53,733 --> 00:28:54,534 [Dep. Dies speaking] 496 00:28:56,036 --> 00:28:57,170 [officer speaking] 497 00:28:58,338 --> 00:29:00,573 Closing that door was a... 498 00:29:00,674 --> 00:29:02,776 it was big sigh of relief 'cause, finally... 499 00:29:03,476 --> 00:29:04,377 everybody was safe. 500 00:29:05,178 --> 00:29:07,580 It was the best-case scenario 501 00:29:07,681 --> 00:29:11,317 to a very, very potentially tragic incident. 502 00:29:11,418 --> 00:29:12,819 [indistinct conversation] 503 00:29:13,386 --> 00:29:14,154 [Dep. Dies speaking] 504 00:29:15,455 --> 00:29:16,189 [Dep. Dies speaking] 505 00:29:17,791 --> 00:29:19,759 [narrator] 44-year-old Mark Carlson 506 00:29:19,859 --> 00:29:23,329 is convicted of robbery, assault, kidnapping, 507 00:29:23,430 --> 00:29:26,132 and failure to comply with an officer. 508 00:29:26,232 --> 00:29:29,703 He is sentenced to up to 19 and a half years in prison. 509 00:29:33,673 --> 00:29:35,075 [Brown] It was my first day. 510 00:29:35,175 --> 00:29:37,544 It was either sink or swim. 511 00:29:37,644 --> 00:29:40,113 My first call ever, and I got the mom on the phone. 512 00:29:40,213 --> 00:29:41,715 The mom is screaming. 513 00:29:41,815 --> 00:29:43,149 [female caller 1 speaking] 514 00:29:44,951 --> 00:29:46,119 [woman crying] 515 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:48,021 [Brown] I had to swim. 516 00:29:48,922 --> 00:29:50,957 To this day, actually, I still sometimes 517 00:29:51,057 --> 00:29:52,625 hear that mom scream. 518 00:29:52,726 --> 00:29:55,261 It's just not a call you forget. 519 00:29:55,362 --> 00:29:57,330 [Dep. Dies] It was surreal that we had gotten him, 520 00:29:57,430 --> 00:29:59,532 truthfully, that this guy didn't crash the car 521 00:29:59,632 --> 00:30:01,868 and none of us had gotten severely hurt. 522 00:30:03,670 --> 00:30:07,374 [Dep. Lombardi] I'm always curious as to why you do the things you do. 523 00:30:07,474 --> 00:30:10,276 Why you chose to assault a woman 524 00:30:10,377 --> 00:30:12,779 and take her car and scare her kids? 525 00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:15,181 [woman speaking] 526 00:30:21,654 --> 00:30:23,556 [Dep. Lombardi] We, later on, learned that, 527 00:30:23,656 --> 00:30:25,025 you know, he was under the influence. 528 00:30:26,826 --> 00:30:28,695 He had been in our jail multiple times. 529 00:30:31,364 --> 00:30:34,401 I was not going to let that mother go home 530 00:30:34,501 --> 00:30:35,835 knowing that I didn't give my all 531 00:30:35,935 --> 00:30:37,604 to try and catch this monster for her. 532 00:30:43,143 --> 00:30:44,411 [narrator] In Wisconsin, 533 00:30:45,378 --> 00:30:48,214 thirty miles southwest of Green Bay, 534 00:30:48,314 --> 00:30:50,216 is the town of Grand Chute. 535 00:30:53,286 --> 00:30:54,554 [Sgt. Jennifer Clement] In Grand Chute, 536 00:30:54,654 --> 00:30:56,656 you never know what your day is going to bring. 537 00:30:57,791 --> 00:31:00,560 That's exactly why I got into this profession. 538 00:31:01,294 --> 00:31:02,896 I love the unpredictability. 539 00:31:07,901 --> 00:31:10,036 [narrator] In the neighboring city of Appleton, 540 00:31:11,104 --> 00:31:12,839 security cameras in the parking lot 541 00:31:12,939 --> 00:31:14,074 of a shopping mall 542 00:31:14,174 --> 00:31:16,209 record something unusual. 543 00:31:18,178 --> 00:31:20,480 [Sgt. Clement] The city first had the call come in 544 00:31:20,580 --> 00:31:23,149 that they had a theft of the skid steer 545 00:31:23,249 --> 00:31:25,018 used for snow removal 546 00:31:25,118 --> 00:31:26,453 for that strip mall. 547 00:31:26,553 --> 00:31:28,855 [man speaking] 548 00:31:31,057 --> 00:31:33,159 [officer speaking] 549 00:31:38,431 --> 00:31:39,332 [man speaking] 550 00:31:40,667 --> 00:31:43,303 [Sgt. Clement] You don't need a key to start a skid steer. 551 00:31:43,403 --> 00:31:44,904 He just took it from there. 552 00:31:45,839 --> 00:31:48,441 I was actually kind of dumbfounded. 553 00:31:50,710 --> 00:31:52,879 [narrator] Appleton PD quickly moves in 554 00:31:52,979 --> 00:31:54,514 to try to stop the thief. 555 00:31:56,750 --> 00:31:58,551 [Sgt. Clement] Everybody involved was just like, 556 00:31:58,651 --> 00:32:01,588 "I can't believe this is actually happening." 557 00:32:01,688 --> 00:32:03,790 [Lt. Adam Miller] I was curious whether his intentions 558 00:32:03,890 --> 00:32:06,126 are to steal it and just enjoy a joyride, 559 00:32:06,226 --> 00:32:07,994 or if his intentions are bad, to cause harm. 560 00:32:08,094 --> 00:32:09,429 [siren wailing] 561 00:32:09,529 --> 00:32:12,732 [narrator] As the snowplow leaves the parking lot, 562 00:32:12,832 --> 00:32:14,968 an emergency call for assistance 563 00:32:15,068 --> 00:32:17,504 goes out to neighboring police departments. 564 00:32:17,604 --> 00:32:19,439 Gand Chute responds. 565 00:32:19,539 --> 00:32:20,573 [sirens wailing] 566 00:32:21,141 --> 00:32:22,776 [male officer speaking] 567 00:32:23,543 --> 00:32:25,311 [indistinct audio over radio] 568 00:32:25,412 --> 00:32:27,714 [Lt. Miller] The driver either ignored us, 569 00:32:27,814 --> 00:32:30,483 was oblivious to us, or just didn't care that we were there. 570 00:32:31,451 --> 00:32:33,553 He is not slowing down at all. 571 00:32:33,653 --> 00:32:36,089 [Sgt. Clement] It wasn't a high speed. 572 00:32:36,189 --> 00:32:39,392 We definitely were able to keep up with it. 573 00:32:41,161 --> 00:32:42,996 [Lt. Miller] I've never had a skid steer run from me, 574 00:32:43,096 --> 00:32:46,199 and it's something that I've never thought about how to stop. 575 00:32:46,299 --> 00:32:50,203 So in the moment, it's difficult to come up with different solutions. 576 00:32:50,303 --> 00:32:52,138 We don't know who this individual is, 577 00:32:52,238 --> 00:32:54,107 so we're concerned that he's either armed 578 00:32:54,207 --> 00:32:56,676 or other issues are going on. 579 00:32:56,776 --> 00:32:58,578 [sirens wailing] 580 00:32:58,678 --> 00:33:00,113 [dispatcher speaking] 581 00:33:07,020 --> 00:33:08,955 [female officer speaking] 582 00:33:11,057 --> 00:33:12,459 [male officer speaking] 583 00:33:17,263 --> 00:33:20,233 [Sgt. Clement] I couldn't believe that we were pursuing 584 00:33:20,333 --> 00:33:22,802 at a very low speed, 585 00:33:22,902 --> 00:33:24,704 trying to get this vehicle to stop. 586 00:33:25,238 --> 00:33:26,506 [sirens wailing] 587 00:33:26,606 --> 00:33:28,141 [indistinct] 588 00:33:28,241 --> 00:33:31,244 [Lt. Miller] The skid steer is designed to travel any sort of terrain, 589 00:33:31,344 --> 00:33:32,912 so it is very difficult to stop. 590 00:33:35,648 --> 00:33:37,684 [female officer speaking] 591 00:33:41,121 --> 00:33:43,323 [Sgt. Clement] It was almost like he was playing a game 592 00:33:43,423 --> 00:33:46,459 and just kind of going up and down and around 593 00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:48,495 and, honestly, kind of... [chuckles softly] 594 00:33:48,595 --> 00:33:51,831 testing out how the construction equipment works. 595 00:33:53,867 --> 00:33:55,735 [Lt. Miller speaking] 596 00:34:00,407 --> 00:34:03,543 I'm watching this skid steer drive back and forth across the highway, 597 00:34:03,643 --> 00:34:06,846 and I'm torn between both a comedic issue 598 00:34:06,946 --> 00:34:08,380 and also wanting to stop him. 599 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,789 It would be really easy if we got close enough to him 600 00:34:15,889 --> 00:34:17,322 for him to basically, 601 00:34:17,424 --> 00:34:20,592 roll over our squad car, flip it upside down, 602 00:34:20,694 --> 00:34:23,096 or even potentially compact it with his bucket. 603 00:34:28,935 --> 00:34:30,370 [siren wailing] 604 00:34:31,304 --> 00:34:32,938 [male officer speaking] 605 00:34:36,976 --> 00:34:38,445 [Lt. Miller] It was still in the time of day 606 00:34:38,545 --> 00:34:40,847 where people were getting up, ready to go to work. 607 00:34:40,947 --> 00:34:42,815 So I was really concerned that the skid steer could 608 00:34:42,916 --> 00:34:46,453 easily push over a wood-frame house and drive right through it. 609 00:34:47,454 --> 00:34:49,789 [male officer speaking] 610 00:34:56,362 --> 00:35:00,100 [Sgt. Clement] Usually, we have equipment to deflate tires, 611 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,470 but this one had no tires to deflate. 612 00:35:04,070 --> 00:35:05,672 We had no idea 613 00:35:05,772 --> 00:35:08,742 how to disengage that vehicle. 614 00:35:09,943 --> 00:35:11,644 [male officer speaking] 615 00:35:16,216 --> 00:35:18,952 [Brian Walbrun] I was sitting in my chair, watching TV. 616 00:35:19,919 --> 00:35:21,888 I heard noise coming down the street 617 00:35:21,988 --> 00:35:23,723 and I looked out the window, 618 00:35:23,823 --> 00:35:26,426 and when I saw what was making the noise going by, 619 00:35:26,526 --> 00:35:27,627 it was a skin steer. 620 00:35:28,862 --> 00:35:30,497 [male officer speaking] 621 00:35:39,572 --> 00:35:41,975 [Walbrun] Then I heard the sirens right behind it. 622 00:35:42,075 --> 00:35:43,743 And then there was one cop car, 623 00:35:43,843 --> 00:35:45,645 two cop cars, and three cop cars, 624 00:35:45,745 --> 00:35:48,014 and I thought, "Okay, we've got a parade." 625 00:35:48,114 --> 00:35:50,617 Right then and there, I knew that this wasn't a guy 626 00:35:50,717 --> 00:35:53,353 that was coming down to plow somebody's driveway out. 627 00:36:05,665 --> 00:36:07,434 [Sgt. Clement] 628 00:36:09,336 --> 00:36:13,273 [Walbrun] It was the strangest thing I probably think I've ever witnessed. 629 00:36:13,373 --> 00:36:15,141 [speaking conversation over radio] 630 00:36:15,241 --> 00:36:17,243 [narrator] Officers track the snowplow 631 00:36:17,344 --> 00:36:20,213 as it rolls into another rural neighborhood. 632 00:36:20,313 --> 00:36:22,449 [speaking conversation over radio continues] 633 00:36:28,221 --> 00:36:31,958 [Sgt. Clement] I got out on foot, along with my supervisor 634 00:36:32,058 --> 00:36:34,527 and we pursued on foot. 635 00:36:46,206 --> 00:36:47,907 [narrator] They spot the snowplow... 636 00:36:49,976 --> 00:36:51,845 on live railroad tracks. 637 00:36:53,646 --> 00:36:56,116 [Sgt. Clement] It is the live railroad. 638 00:36:56,216 --> 00:36:59,219 We have a couple of trains that come through each day. 639 00:37:08,895 --> 00:37:12,098 Not knowing if there was a train in the area, 640 00:37:12,899 --> 00:37:15,602 we were in a time crunch. 641 00:37:15,702 --> 00:37:18,738 [Lt. Miller] We were worried the individual would be able to use the skid steer 642 00:37:18,838 --> 00:37:21,241 to potentially derail the train. 643 00:37:23,109 --> 00:37:24,711 [male officer speaking] 644 00:37:32,519 --> 00:37:34,954 [Sgt. Clement] We were very fortunate that we had contact 645 00:37:35,055 --> 00:37:36,222 with the railroad company 646 00:37:36,322 --> 00:37:38,124 before a train came through. 647 00:37:40,293 --> 00:37:42,729 [Lt. Miller] I am hopeful that the tracks actually help 648 00:37:42,829 --> 00:37:45,765 and the skid steer gets stuck and it becomes disabled. 649 00:37:46,533 --> 00:37:48,368 [Sgt. Clement speaking] 650 00:37:49,302 --> 00:37:51,805 Every once in a while, he would attempt 651 00:37:51,905 --> 00:37:53,707 to maneuver off the tracks. 652 00:37:53,807 --> 00:37:55,508 He would get stuck here and there. 653 00:37:55,608 --> 00:37:57,510 [male officer speaking indistinctly over radio] 654 00:37:58,745 --> 00:37:59,679 [Sgt. Clement speaking] 655 00:38:03,049 --> 00:38:06,786 But then he would be able to maneuver the skid steer, 656 00:38:06,886 --> 00:38:09,122 and, um, off he would go again. 657 00:38:18,198 --> 00:38:20,934 [narrator] Finally, the suspect maneuvers the snowplow 658 00:38:21,034 --> 00:38:22,102 off the tracks. 659 00:38:22,202 --> 00:38:23,803 [indistinct conversation over radio] 660 00:38:25,271 --> 00:38:26,606 [Sgt. Clement speaking] 661 00:38:31,611 --> 00:38:32,712 [male officer speaking] 662 00:38:36,182 --> 00:38:37,350 [Sgt. Clement speaking] 663 00:38:47,660 --> 00:38:49,195 He turned off 664 00:38:49,295 --> 00:38:52,399 and ended up in a very large open field. 665 00:38:52,499 --> 00:38:54,000 [footsteps approaching] 666 00:38:57,037 --> 00:38:58,638 [Sgt. Clement speaking] 667 00:39:02,308 --> 00:39:04,678 He just kind of started doing some circles. 668 00:39:05,712 --> 00:39:07,547 I just thought, "Okay, here we go." 669 00:39:11,851 --> 00:39:12,886 [Lt. Miller] He's not running. 670 00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:15,121 And then, as I'm watching him, 671 00:39:15,221 --> 00:39:16,990 this skid steer suddenly just stops. 672 00:39:27,734 --> 00:39:29,302 I still had a little bit of fear 673 00:39:29,402 --> 00:39:31,838 that he'd be able to spin the bucket 674 00:39:31,938 --> 00:39:34,474 and hit one of the officers. 675 00:39:34,574 --> 00:39:36,843 [Sgt. Clement] I didn't know what was going through his head, 676 00:39:36,943 --> 00:39:38,678 whether he thought 677 00:39:38,778 --> 00:39:41,715 he still had an opportunity to run from us. 678 00:39:43,616 --> 00:39:45,452 [Lt. Miller yelling] 679 00:39:45,552 --> 00:39:48,021 It was clear that he was either ignoring our commands 680 00:39:48,121 --> 00:39:50,256 or couldn't hear our commands. 681 00:39:50,357 --> 00:39:52,325 I knew he was under the influence of something. 682 00:39:52,926 --> 00:39:54,461 [Sgt. Clement yelling] 683 00:39:54,561 --> 00:39:56,162 [indistinct shouting] 684 00:39:57,697 --> 00:40:01,434 [Sgt. Clement] He definitely did not want to be taken into custody. 685 00:40:01,534 --> 00:40:03,770 [Lt. Miller and Sgt. Clement yelling] 686 00:40:03,870 --> 00:40:06,172 [Sgt. Clement] But once we did get those handcuffs on him, 687 00:40:06,272 --> 00:40:08,074 we knew we were safe. 688 00:40:08,174 --> 00:40:09,576 -[suspect grunting] -[Lt. Miller speaking] 689 00:40:15,515 --> 00:40:18,985 [narrator] The suspect is 37-year-old Tyler Peschke. 690 00:40:20,020 --> 00:40:21,388 He pleads no contest 691 00:40:21,488 --> 00:40:23,223 to charges of drunken driving 692 00:40:23,323 --> 00:40:24,724 and eluding an officer. 693 00:40:25,959 --> 00:40:28,361 He is sentenced to two years in prison. 694 00:40:30,597 --> 00:40:32,399 [Lt. Miller] He's walking through the parking lot of this mall, 695 00:40:32,499 --> 00:40:33,767 sees the skid steer, 696 00:40:33,867 --> 00:40:37,704 and I think he's so far under the influence of narcotics 697 00:40:37,804 --> 00:40:40,407 that he really doesn't understand what he's doing. 698 00:40:40,507 --> 00:40:43,643 He gets into a skid steer, turns it on, decides to go for a ride. 699 00:40:47,213 --> 00:40:50,316 [Walbrun] He didn't really hurt anybody or hurt anything, 700 00:40:50,417 --> 00:40:52,118 and he got caught. 701 00:40:52,218 --> 00:40:54,020 He just made a poor choice that day. 702 00:40:55,388 --> 00:40:57,390 [Sgt. Clement] It was one of the craziest days. 703 00:40:58,658 --> 00:41:02,128 This definitely is a reason that I got into police work. 704 00:41:02,228 --> 00:41:03,430 You just never know what type 705 00:41:03,530 --> 00:41:05,398 of calls for service we're gonna get. 706 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,401 Never in a million years, 707 00:41:08,501 --> 00:41:11,604 did I think we would be pursuing a skid steer that day. 708 00:41:16,309 --> 00:41:18,445 ♪♪ 709 00:41:18,545 --> 00:41:19,679 In Arkansas... 710 00:41:23,483 --> 00:41:26,252 In New Mexico... 711 00:41:28,188 --> 00:41:29,589 And in Washington State... 712 00:41:29,689 --> 00:41:30,857 I'm terrified. 713 00:41:30,957 --> 00:41:32,859 ♪♪