[tense music playing]
[narrator] In Ohio...
[dispatcher speaking]
[911 caller speaking]
I see the gun
and he ordered me on the ground.
[Officer Hall speaking]
[Patrick] I wasn't sure if I was going
to make it out alive.
[narrator] In Yonkers, New York,
a drunk driver hits a mother and baby.
I stepped outside the store
and then I never thought
what we encountered would be possible.
[officer speaking]
I remember preparing myself mentally
for the worst-case scenario.
[officer speaking]
She was bent in the letter W.
[officer] We got 'em, we got 'em.
[narrator] And in Wyandotte, Michigan...
Now! Now come out!
[Sergeant Groat speaking]
[narrator] A drug dealer makes a run for it
and takes an officer with him.
[officer] His vehicle proceeded to flip
multiple times, careened off the road.
I thought there's no way someone would survive.
[indistinct radio chatter]
[officer] Sheriff's Office, come outside!
[theme music playing]
[narrator] In Ohio,
30 miles south of Cleveland
is the small town of Streetsboro.
Is the small town of Streetsboro.
[Patrick] I was working at the Verizon store.
As the store manager.
Typically, it isn't busy,
so I'm cleaning,
I'm stocking the accessories,
I'm going through the paperwork.
That's when there was a front door entry.
I see the gun
and he ordered me on the ground.
I was obviously in shock,
so I was mainly trying to catch my breath,
and wrap my head about what was going on.
And then that's when he started to tape my hands
behind my back.
The next person that was coming to work
was at noon.
We don't usually get any customers in the mornings.
I realized
this could be hours before anyone comes in.
I'm on my own.
[tense music playing]
[Patrick] They wanted to know where the cash was
and that was in the front of the store,
underneath the desk.
[tense music playing]
[Patrick] And it wasn't much later on
that they brought it back, the actual till,
to the back of the store.
And then, that's when they were taking
the money out of it.
We haven't done any transaction,
so I knew they were gonna be disappointed
when they opened that up
and there was only $200 in there.
I can feel that the situation was getting worse,
because they were shouting more.
Because they were shouting more.
I got hit in the back of the head a few times.
But I wasn't sure honestly
if I was going to make it out alive.
[dispatcher speaking]
[Zach speaking]
My store was directly next to the Verizon store.
And I did make the 911 call.
[dispatcher speaking]
[Zach speaking]
[dispatcher speaking]
[Zach speaking]
[dispatcher speaking]
[Zach speaking]
[dispatcher speaking]
[police sirens wailing]
When they say "all 500 units,"
that's every officer that's on the road working
that's available.
It shows that it's a higher UC call.
[narrator] Also en route are Officer Hall
and Sergeant Siedlecki.
I'm one of the K9 officers
at Streetsboro Police Department
and I have a K9 Kaya.
And I have a K9 Kaya.
These crimes have a very high potential
in being violent.
We are preparing for the worst.
[Patrick] The one in the red hoodie
is the one who's in charge
and he was asking me for the code
to the safe.
I gave him my code,
and they were doing it,
but I could hear their sounds,
so I knew that it was being entered in correctly.
And they were getting very, very frustrated.
I got the impression they thought
I was trying to delay it
or that I didn't know what I was talking about.
And one said, "I'm gonna shoot him."
But I knew that I have to come up with something,
so I said, "Well, pull me up.
I'll do it for you."
But with my hands bound behind me,
I was able to enter it in.
The sign on the front of the safe in red,
big bold letters,
says "time delay" on it.
I was explaining to him that it's a time delay safe
that I can enter the code in,
but we're gonna wait 10 minutes
before we're gonna be able to get into the safe.
He was getting angry,
uh, you know, he was shouting,
you know... you know,
"Get me in there, get me in there."
I was worried their frustration
was gonna lead on getting physical
or even worse
someone that can shoot me.
[police sirens wailing]
[Officer Hall] I was the first officer on scene.
We're not really sure what's going on.
So I'm focused on looking for suspects.
[Officer Hall speaking]
I arrived relatively soon
after Officer Hall.
[alarm dings]
[Patrick] The alarm goes off.
There was a front door entry.
[tense music playing]
[Patrick] That's when I was like, "All right.
My legs now are the way I'm gonna save myself."
[Officer Hall speaking]
[Patrick speaking]
[Officer Wolf speaking]
[Patrick speaking]
[Officer Hall] I have a male that starts
running towards us.
Couldn't see his hands,
I did not know if he was a suspect,
if he was a customer, if he was an employee.
So I just started giving announcements
for him to get on the ground.
Around that time I realize his hands
were bound behind his back.
I can see such fear on his eyes,
so I'm trying to get him out of the showroom
for his safety.
[Patrick speaking]
- [Officer Wolf] Just sit down. - [Officer Hall speaking]
- [Patrick speaking] - [Officer Hall speaking]
[Patrick speaking]
[Officer Wolf speaking]
[Patrick speaking]
[Officer Wolf] The store employee
told us that the suspects
were still inside the store
and that they did have a firearm.
This is a worst-case scenario.
Since I was the third person on scene,
I go to cover the back door,
but there was no backdoor to the Verizon.
It's just a brick walk,
so I check the door to the right.
I hear somebody trying to open the back door.
It was very scary in the moment.
[Sergeant Siedlecki] I went to meet Officer Hall
and Officer Wolf.
[Sergeant Siedlecki speaking]
[dog barking]
The atmosphere is very tense.
Officer Hall and Officer Wolf
have their guns out, pointed into the store.
[Officer Hall speaking]
- [Officer Wolf speaking] - [Officer Hall speaking]
[Officer Wolf speaking]
[tense music playing]
- [Officer Hall speaking] - [Officer Wolf speaking]
- [Officer Hall speaking] - [Officer Wolf] Don't.
[Sergeant Siedlecki speaking]
[Officer Hall speaking]
[Sergeant Siedlecki speaking]
Based on them not giving an answer,
that raises a red flag,
that we think that there's other people
in the back of the store.
- [Officer Hall speaking] - [Sergeant Siedlecki speaking]
[Officer Hall speaking]
[Sergeant Siedlecki] This definitely is not over.
My instincts told me that there's
at least another person in the back room.
[Officer Hall speaking]
[man speaking]
[man] [indistinct]
[tense music playing]
This is a very dangerous situation.
If there's someone in the back with a weapon
and they want to fight us, they have the advantage.
They know the layout,
they have been waiting.
[tense music playing]
[Officer Hall speaking]
- [Sergeant Siedlecki speaking] - [Officer Hall speaking]
[Sergeant Siedlecki] I am feeling
a little nervous.
I'm feeling very alert.
[Officer Hall speaking]
[Sergeant Siedlecki speaking]
I told him that I was going to open the closet.
I'm gonna open, you're gonna look, okay?
I'm gonna keep my eye over there.
If someone pops out,
they have the advantage over us.
[Sergeant Siedlecki speaking]
[tense music playing]
[Sergeant Siedlecki] I hear the other officer say,
"Put your hands up.
And then I see another person
walk out of the closet.
[Officer Hall speaking]
[Sergeant Siedlecki] At this point, we still
hadn't found the weapon.
[Officer Hall speaking]
When Officer Hall looks under the desk
and sees another person under the desk.
And sees another person under the desk.
[man speaking]
- [Officer Hall speaking] - [man speaking]
[Officer Hall speaking]
[man speaking]
[Sergeant Siedlecki] We were able to locate the gun
on the... on the back desk.
- [dispatcher] 531. - [man speaking]
[Officer Cipriano speaking]
But we didn't learn that they were juveniles
until after they were in custody
and we're able to properly identify them.
It's surprising to see
such young men, kids, children
being involved in such a violent act.
That's... I can't even imagine that,
but here it was right in front of me.
[narrator] A'Muary Watkins is convicted
of aggravated robbery
with a firearm and kidnapping.
He is tried as an adult and sentenced
to 13 years in prison.
Xavier Miles is convicted of aggravated robbery
with a firearm, kidnapping, and escape.
He is tried as an adult and sentenced
to 20 years in prison.
Fernando Evans and Latrell Brown
are convicted of aggravated robbery and kidnapping.
As juveniles, their sentences are not disclosed.
[Patrick] Watching the footage was unsettling.
For as horrible as the experience was
to go through,
I got out alive.
And also, none of the suspects
were injured.
So everything went right that day.
I wanted to really show my appreciation
to the 911 caller and the Streetsboro Police.
Hey, Zach, how's it going?
- [Zach] Good, man. - Good to see you again.
Yeah, absolutely, man. I was glad--
How's life going... How's life going for you?
- Real good. - Yeah?
- Yeah. - It's nice to see
the 911 caller again,
because we haven't had a chance
to really sit down and talk,
so this brought us together again
and we were able to, you know, catch up
with one another, and see where we are at now.
Wow, it's crazy to think had you not saw all that,
you know, or heard all of that.
You know, if you had been with a customer or not.
You know, looking or paying attention.
You know if you see something, say something.
- It's so important. - [Zach] Yeah.
It's insane how I made that phone call
and every single step of the way,
it was happening so fast.
It's amazing that you acted as fast as you did,
because that's probably why things went so right.
You know, like, I couldn't... You know, I may not be here
if it wasn't for, you know, those ears
and paying attention to your surroundings.
[Zach] I'm very glad and happy the way
the Streetsboro Police executed everything.
They just... They took care of business.
They did what they had to do.
All right. It was good to see you.
Absolutely buddy.
Yeah.
[narrator] In New York,
on the Hudson River
is the city of Yonkers.
It's where Officers Rocco Fusco
and Paul Samoyedny help keep the peace.
[Officer Fusco] Yonkers is just north of the Bronx.
It's the third largest city in the state of New York.
[Officer Samoyedny] I was born and raised in Yonkers
and I patrol the area where I grew up.
When you put the uniform on, I don't think you can feel
anything other than pride.
[narrator] Jorge, Mirna,
and their eight-month old daughter Leslie
also call Yonkers home.
[Jorge in Spanish]
On the morning of July 23rd,
me and Rocco happened to be working
in the same patrol car.
[Officer Fusco] About 8:00, we decided
to go get some breakfast.
We went into Bagel Land,
We were standing there,
just waiting for our breakfast.
Just a normal Friday,
everybody going about their day
as they normally would.
[Jorge in Spanish]
My name is Michael Lo Russo.
I went to get my beard trimmed
as I normally do at this barber shop.
And I thought the day was gonna start off fine.
When I sat in the chair,
all hell broke loose.
[tense music playing]
[Officer Samoyedny] We were waiting for the food
to be prepared when we heard a loud bang outside.
And then a few moments after that,
we heard another loud bang,
and then we felt the building shake.
I stepped outside the store
and then I never thought
what we encountered would be possible.
[tense music playing]
[tires screeching]
[loud banging]
[crash]
There was a horrific sound
like an accident on a highway.
The car that did the impact
hit a parked white SUV.
And then was heading for the barber shop.
I see this woman walking in the path,
but she couldn't see it.
But she had her child wrapped up in her arms.
[crash]
[Michael] The car goes through the glass.
I didn't see the baby.
[Jorge in Spanish]
[tense music playing]
[Jorge in Spanish]
[indistinct chattering]
[Officer Samoyedny speaking]
[Officer Samoyedny] The adrenaline kind of kicked in
when you realize that somebody had been hit,
and might be in front of the car,
and seriously injured.
[Jorge in Spanish]
[Officer Samoyedny speaking]
I'm walking into the barber shop,
the driver's exiting the vehicle.
Wasn't sure if he was gonna run.
He was in a little bit of shock.
[Officer Samoyedny] The car went through the barber shop.
[narrator] Police know the driver.
[Officer Samoyedny] Because I grew up in the neighborhood,
I actually happen to know him.
[dispatcher] Anybody else in the area?
[Officer Samoyedny] He wasn't the issue at the moment.
The woman in front of the car is more concerning to me.
After seeing the vehicle
and the impact on the store front,
my initial thought was there was no way
this person could be alive.
[Officer Fusco] I walked up to the front of the car
and that's when I found Mirna on the ground
about six inches in front of the car.
There was a lot of twisted metal around her,
stuck in the wall.
[Michael] She was bent in the letter W
when you looked at her from the side.
Her torso was back,
everything was bent, her legs were bent.
[Officer Fusco] I heard somebody say something about a baby.
Um, I didn't see her with the baby.
[man] Come on, come on, kid! Come on!
[man groans]
[Jorge in Spanish]
[baby crying]
[Jorge in Spanish]
[Officer Samoyedny speaking]
4-3 headquarters...
The baby was pinned under the vehicle.
[Officer Samoyedny speaking]
[Jorge in Spanish]
I remember preparing myself mentally for the worst-case scenario.
[Officer Fusco] All right. We got a baby under this vehicle.
[Officer Fusco] We decided to try lift the car up.
Even the driver of the vehicle,
he even came over and assisted
in lifting the car up to get the car off the baby.
[indistinct chattering]
[Officer Samoyedny speaking]
[dispatcher] Is anybody in this area?
[Officer Samoyedny speaking]
[Officer Samoyedny] As we're lifting the car,
we realize that nobody was there
to pull the baby out.
I cleared a path to get under the car.
[Officer Fusco speaking]
It looked like she was trying to crawl
towards her mom.
And that's when Paul
was able to reach under there.
[Officer Fusco speaking]
[Officer Samoyedny speaking]
[Officer Fusco speaking]
[Officer Samoyedny] She was covered in motor oil.
I don't know if she has any real injuries,
but she seems okay.
There's nothing we have to be concerned about.
[Officer Samoyedny speaking]
- [Jorge speaking] - [Officer Samoyedny speaking]
[baby crying]
[in Spanish]
[sirens wailing]
[Officer Samoyedny speaking]
[officer speaking]
[Officer Samoyedny speaking]
[Officer Samoyedny] Other units started showing up.
The ambulance was there.
And I remember everybody was rushing in
to get the woman.
To get the woman.
[man] What?
[Officer Fusco speaking]
[Officer Fusco] I stayed with the woman in front.
Another gentleman came over and helped me
start pulling some chairs out of the wall.
[dispatcher indistinct chattering]
[Officer Fusco speaking]
[Officer Fusco] It's incredibly dangerous.
Anything could've happened.
God forbid, the car could still be in drive.
The car could go on fire.
A lot of things.
[man] Maybe that's where the leg is yeah.
[man] Um, she's... Yeah.
How about if we try...
[Officer Fusco speaking]
Once we got the metal out of the wall,
we just waited for the fire department to show up.
I didn't wanna move her,
because I'm worried about her spine, her back,
anything internal.
Any car accident, a lot of times the injuries,
you can't see are the worst.
[Officer Fusco speaking]
[tense music playing]
[Officer Fusco] I'm sorry, it's just--
[dispatcher] [indistinct]
[Officer Fusco speaking]
- [Mirna sobbing] - [Officer Fusco speaking]
- [Mirna speaking] - [Officer Fusco speaking]
[dispatcher speaking]
[indistinct radio chatter]
[indistinct chatter]
[dispatcher speaking]
[sirens wailing]
[Officer Fusco speaking]
[Officer Samoyedny speaking]
I believe a child.
Um, that must've have been...
[Officer Fusco] The fire department came in
with their backboard.
[Michael] They took this woman out,
so gingerly, and got her on the board.
And then they yelled, "We're leaving."
And then the whole package was gone, mother and daughter.
[Officer Fusco] It was a big sense of relief.
You just hope that whatever you did was enough.
[sirens wailing]
When other police units arrived,
other officers on the scene spoke with the driver,
and then they placed the driver under arrest.
[narrator] Mirna Nunez and eight-month-old
Leslie Palacios are rushed to the hospital.
Mirna is treated for a broken leg.
Leslie is treated for a skull fracture,
burns, and a cut to the stomach.
[Mirna in Spanish]
[narrator] The driver, 43-year-old David Poncurak
pleads guilty to first-degree vehicular assault,
driving while intoxicated,
and driving without a license.
He is sentenced to two and a half
to seven and a half years in prison.
- [Officer Samoyedny speaking] - [man speaking]
[Officer Fusco speaking]
[Michael] God was with that woman all the way.
The impact of the accident
was something that could have taken their lives.
The police, the fire, the EMTs,
they performed their duties well.
[Officer Samoyedny] All you think about
is getting that person
out from underneath the car.
Out from underneath the car.
Rocco and the other civilians that helped.
That was unbelievable.
[Officer Fusco] You go home and you kind of realize
that life is short.
I hug my daughter a little bit tighter,
kiss my wife a little bit more.
You know, you become a little bit more appreciative
of everyday, normal activity,
because that could've happened to anybody.
[tense music playing]
[Jorge in Spanish]
[Mirna in Spanish]
[tense music playing]
[narrator] Eleven miles south of Detroit, Michigan,
is the suburb of Wyandotte.
Officer Jorden Judge works undercover
in the Wyandotte Police Department's Narcotics Unit.
The motivation for me to want
to join the special Operations Unit
was the adrenaline behind the job itself,
enforcing narcotics,
dealing with violent criminals,
removing those individuals from the street.
When I take off the uniform,
and put on plain clothes,
and go into a situation,
I have to remove myself
from my present life,
and create a different life
when I'm speaking to these individuals.
[ominous music playing]
[narrator] Acting on a tip,
the narcotics squad prepares a controlled buy
from a drug dealer.
I was provided with detailed information,
including camera footage of an individual
completing what appeared to be drug transactions.
[Officer Stathakis] Officer Judge and I
did surveillance of the location.
Did surveillance of the location.
Uh, we are able to identify the individual
that was buying the narcotics.
He gave information that led us
to identifying Dartagnan Stackhouse
as delivering narcotics to the residents.
[tense music playing]
Our investigation into Dartagnan Stackhouse
revealed that he would flee officers at any chance.
Officer Judge and I would like to have this confirmed
this is Dartagnan's profile.
[Officer Judge] Once we obtained
all this information,
we decided to get in contact with him,
looking to buy drugs.
Looking to buy drugs.
So I just sent a brief message,
"Hey, what's up?"
I mentioned that I was interested
in buying cocaine.
Within minutes,
he was willing to come and sell cocaine to me.
We have to take that opportunity
and we have to move fast.
[tense music playing]
The deal was to be taking place
at a local apartment
that we have access to here in the city.
Our Special Operations Unit came to me.
We developed a plan,
and part of that plan was to establish a perimeter,
to set up a... An arrest net,
so to speak, around to prevent escape.
Once I got a text message from Stackhouse
that he was arriving,
and I would be exiting the location,
and approaching the vehicle that Stackhouse was in.
[narrator] Officer Judge prepares to go undercover.
[Officer Judge] When going undercover,
there is a sense of adrenaline.
It can be nerve-racking...
but we prepare for those situations.
[narrator] Detective Groat and Officer Stathakis
are nearby in their patrol vehicles.
My job, once the deal was good,
was to box in the back of the car
to make sure he couldn't flee,
um, out the alley backwards.
I was parked along with Officer Gouth
in the area of 4th and Chestnut,
but within two blocks of the apartment complex.
Um, I was just to remain out of sight,
so I'd be able to get there quickly
to assist with the arrest.
[narrator] Deputy Chief Hamilton
is also on standby.
I was going to be riding bike patrol,
and that was going to give us an advantage
in case of a foot pursuit.
[tense music playing]
[D.C. Hamilton speaking]
A lot of things could go wrong here.
They could open fire at her.
They could take her,
and put her inside that vehicle,
and flee the scene.
You really hope that if the drug buy goes smoothly,
she gets out safe,
and you can apprehend the subject.
[Officer Stathakis] You can't help but be anxious.
Officer Judge's working undercover,
um, she's in a vulnerable situation,
not having a badge, not having a gun on her.
[narrator] A backup team is in place.
[D.C. Hamilton speaking]
I immediately went towards the passenger side
of the vehicle,
opened the passenger side door,
at which time I saw Stackhouse
in the driver's seat.
He was breaking up the crack cocaine,
putting it on a scale, and packaging it for me.
Once he handed me the drugs that I was purchasing,
I handed him the $140,
and we went our separate ways.
[D.C. Hamilton speaking]
It did not appear that he had any suspicion
of who I really was.
She gives us the signal.
- [officer] Go. Get in there. - [Officer Gouth speaking]
The signal was to remove my hair
from a bun style that it was in.
And then I proceed to pull my undercover car
right up to the back of his car
to box him in from the back.
[Officer Gouth speaking]
[Det. Sgt. Groat] The suspect put his car in reverse and,
uh, backed into my car.
I was pretty close to him,
so it wasn't a very hard impact.
We can't see inside his car.
He's not rolling down his windows.
He's trying to accelerate away.
It could be a life or death situation,
so we're gonna have our service weapons out and ready.
- Get off! - Get out, now! Now! Now!
Get out of the car!
[car engine revving]
[tense music playing]
[Officer Stathakis] I went to inch my patrol vehicle farther forward
to get more directly in front of his vehicle.
So I figured we'd be able to keep them right there.
[Det. Sgt. Groat speaking]
[car engine revving]
As the vehicle was driving off,
the only thing going through my head was,
"No, no. This can't be happening."
[tires screeching]
[Det. Sgt. Groat] Uh, so, yeah, once I hit the ground,
I was rolling.
I didn't think I was ever gonna stop rolling.
I was thinking, uh, "Is this it? Is this the end?"
[tires screeching]
[officer] Hey, get out of the car!
[D.C. Hamilton speaking]
You know, when I seen Detective Groat
get thrown from that vehicle,
I thought I was about to watch one of my friends die.
You all right?
I could tell he was injured.
He was definitely dazed,
but I was relieved to know
that he didn't have any major
catastrophic injuries at that point.
I had, uh, road rash, scrapes, abrasions on my...
Both forearms, elbows, um, knees, legs.
Surprisingly nothing to the head or face.
I felt really lucky.
[D.C. Hamilton] I continued to run after the vehicle,
thinking that it would crash.
I did see Officer Stathakis continued to pursue it,
but at that moment, I knew Officer Stathakis
was absolutely by himself.
Was absolutely by himself.
[sirens wailing]
[Officer Stathakis] As I was pursuing Stackhouse,
I looked down, and I realized
I was traveling in excess
of 80 miles an hour.
I have to be careful.
I had to look out for the citizens.
Stackhouse, he doesn't care.
He's just focused on getting away.
He's gonna hammer and keep going.
He doesn't care other than keeping himself free.
And my thought process was
there was no way I was gonna keep up with this vehicle.
[dispatcher speaking]
[Officer Stathakis speaking]
At which point, Stackhouse hit an innocent motorist
nearly head-on, and caused an accident.
His vehicle proceeded to flip multiple times,
careened off the road.
I thought there was no way someone would survive.
So when I exited my vehicle,
I was expecting to come across
what I thought would be a body.
[tense music playing]
[Officer Stathakis] When I saw Stackhouse running,
I was quite astonished.
Not only that he was able to get out of that vehicle,
but the fact that he was running
at what appeared to be a full sprint.
We don't know if he has a weapon on him.
There's a lot of unknowns.
So until you have him secured in handcuffs,
you've got to treat it as if he's gonna do
whatever he can to get away.
I knew I was well within my authority
to use my taser at that point.
[Dartagnan speaking]
[Officer Stathakis] Once I was able to apprehend him
in the driveway, fortunately,
he had his hand tucked under his waist.
- [Dartagnan] I didn't have... - [Officer Stathakis speaking]
I was able to see what he had in his hands.
So at that point, I used my Taser.
[screams]
[Officer Stathakis speaking]
[Officer Gouth speaking]
[narrator] Officer Gouth and Detective Sergeant Groat
are nearby searching for the suspect.
- [Officer Gouth speaking] - [Det. Sgt. Groat speaking]
[Officer Gouth] [indistinct]
[Officer Stathakis] As I was making the arrest
with Stackhouse,
I didn't have any backup units
that were close by to assist.
I made the decision to ask a nearby citizen to assist.
- [man] It's my old job. - [Officer Stathakis speaking]
[man speaking]
[Officer Stathakis speaking]
[man speaking]
[Officer Stathakis speaking]
[man speaking]
[Officer Stathakis speaking]
As I walked Stackhouse back to the patrol vehicle,
he had little to no emotion
in regards to anyone else's well-being.
More than anything, he was just a defeated man.
He knew he was caught,
but he really could care less
about anyone else.
About anyone else.
Once Stackhouse was secured in the patrol vehicle,
I was able to kind of turn around,
actually take the scene in,
um, and I was in complete disbelief just seeing
the amount of damage that he caused.
[narrator] With the suspect in custody,
officers tend to the woman whose car he slammed into.
- [Michelle] Why-- - [Officer Judge] Hey, hey.
- [Michelle] He just slammed-- - [Officer Judge speaking]
- [Michelle] Oh, Lord. Jesus. - [Officer Judge speaking]
[woman] It's okay. Let's sit down.
- [Michelle] No. - [Officer Judge speaking]
[Michelle] I had just dropped my son off.
I was heading home.
The same route I take every day.
Didn't notice anything unusual.
All of a sudden, like a train wreck,
I got hit.
[tense music playing]
[officer] Okay. Okay. Just hold on.
Okay.
[officer speaking]
[officer] All right.
[Michelle] I was in such shock
that I just kept looking at the vehicle.
I couldn't believe that I walked out of this,
because the whole driver side was totally bent in.
[officer speaking]
Ma'am, ma'am.
- They caught up again. - [officer speaking]
[officer] Hey Carpo is anybody
- down the road? - [officer speaking]
- Did you hear that? - [Officer Judge] Yeah.
[Det. Sgt. Groat speaking]
When you find out the victim in this is your cousin,
uh, it angered me even more.
Like, now, you've hurt two family members.
Okay.
[woman] I was paying attention. I was--
You'll be okay.
[Det. Sgt. Groat] I told her it's gonna be all right.
Yeah, it's amazing she wasn't hurt worse,
because she took a direct hit on her side of the car.
It could have been way worse.
[narrator] Dartagnan Stackhouse is convicted
of assault with a dangerous weapon,
second-degree fleeing a police officer,
and assault with intent to do great bodily harm.
[car engine revving]
[Det. Sgt. Groat] Uh, the suspect's actions that day
were reckless, careless.
Were reckless, careless.
All he cared about was himself and not going to jail.
[narrator] He makes a plea agreement,
and is sentenced to two and a half
to ten years in prison.
- [Officer Judge] Hay. Hey. - Why... He just slammed--
[Officer Judge speaking]
[Michelle] This traumatic experience,
I'm still now suffering because of it.
It took me at least two to three weeks
to get behind the wheel again.
I learned what the perpetrator did
in the ambulance ride on the way to the hospital,
and I was shocked by the crime
that had been committed,
because this does not happen in Wyandotte.
The officers and their efforts as a team
make this community safer,
and I absolutely applaud them for that.
It was a sense of accomplishment
that we got this individual off the street.
[man] Did he run...
[officer] Um possibly...
I feel proud to be here
and to represent female officers.
And I would like to have more women here
to remove crime from our city.