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A man fleeing from state troopers jumps off Florida’s 7-Mile Bridge into the ocean below; a wanted man smashes into multiple cars while trying to flee from police at a gas station.
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00:00I'm Tom Morris, Jr., and this is Fugitives Caught on Tapes.
00:27This guy has no regard for anybody else in the road.
00:29First up, we're in the Florida Keys.
00:58Approaching the 7-mile bridge, traveling northbound with a black pickup.
01:02Where a state trooper is in pursuit of a suspect wanted for fleeing, eluding, speeding, reckless driving, and resisting obstructing an officer.
01:10Earlier, Florida Highway Patrol Sergeant Charlie Thomas was parked in the median when his radar gun clocked this black truck doing 70 miles an hour in a .45 zone.
01:23When Sergeant Thomas caught up and attempted a traffic stop, the driver appeared to comply.
01:28But after initially slowing down, he took off, and the sergeant called it in.
01:34Now, as the suspect begins driving recklessly in the opposite lane of traffic,
01:47the pursuit enters a narrow bridge connecting mainland Florida to the overseas highway and the Keys beyond.
01:54As the chase continues onto the bridge, the suspect weaves in and out of traffic,
02:03barely giving vehicles in the opposite direction enough space to avoid a head-on collision.
02:10And as the sergeant approaches, he sees the driver exit his truck and…
02:17He jumped.
02:18He jumped.
02:19He jumped in the water.
02:20The driver jumps off the bridge into the ocean waters below.
02:22There'll be a white male that went into the water.
02:25499 is up for a second.
02:26He's up for a second.
02:27He's up for a second.
02:28And he's right behind the dump truck.
02:29He's right behind the dump truck.
02:30He's right behind the dump truck.
02:31Moments later, the truck suddenly pulls over onto the opposite lane's shoulder.
02:32And as the sergeant approaches, he sees the driver exit his truck and…
02:37He jumped.
02:38He jumped in the water.
02:42The driver jumps off the bridge into the ocean waters below.
02:47There'll be a white male that went into the water.
02:50499 is up for the HCF.
02:53If you see more anybody in the yellows guard has a vessel in the area.
02:5810-4.
03:01Other officers arrive on scene and find a passenger in the truck.
03:06She's unharmed.
03:07But as officers glance over the side of the bridge, there's no sign of the driver.
03:12499 confirming he jumped more or less at the 47-mile marker towards the end of the bridge.
03:17499, that's 10-4.
03:19He's gonna be underneath.
03:20I don't see him.
03:21I do see a shoe floating.
03:23Time for no visual subject.
03:25Just shoes.
03:26With traffic beginning to back up on the busy bridge, word of what's happening starts to spread.
03:32Did he jump off the bridge?
03:33He jumped off the bridge!
03:35Drivers exit their vehicles and begin taking videos of the scene.
03:39When suddenly...
03:40He's right here!
03:41Hey!
03:42Hey!
03:43Hey!
03:44Hey!
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04:34On the way to the station, Sergeant Thomas and the suspect talk about what just happened.
04:40Listen, I know I did some stupid shit just now, sir.
04:43It wasn't that stupid.
04:45It was that stupid.
04:46Yeah.
04:47Listen, I'm not minimizing.
04:48I'm just saying.
04:49I have full control of the air.
04:53So what would have happened if I would have just pulled over?
04:56Probably would have taken from the speed.
04:58How fast is that going?
04:5970 and 45.
05:01Because you caught me at the end of the bridge?
05:03I didn't think your radar could see me.
05:06Oh, yeah.
05:06I was just passing somebody.
05:08Like, I just, I was in the past.
05:10Is there any way you could be lenient?
05:12Being within the law, that's about as much as it goes.
05:15I know.
05:16But, I mean, you know I was stupid.
05:18I just don't deserve to go to prison.
05:21Lapidus was charged with driving with a suspended license as a habitual offender,
05:26fleeing and eluding law enforcement at high speed,
05:29resisting, obstructing an officer, and other misdemeanor charges.
05:33He was also issued a ticket for speeding.
05:36Lapidus accepted a deal from the state,
05:38pleading no contest of fleeing and looting and resisting obstructing an officer.
05:43The remaining charges were dropped.
05:45He was sentenced to 120 days in jail,
05:48with credit for 105 days served,
05:51plus 42 months probation.
05:53His passenger was not charged.
05:59Next, we're in Montebello, California,
06:01where Long Beach police are pursuing a suspect wanted for attempted murder.
06:06Earlier, detectives were conducting surveillance at the residence of 33-year-old Oscar Alejandro Ramirez,
06:13who was suspected of shooting a potential witness in a gang-related murder case in Long Beach a month prior.
06:20Detectives say they were hoping to serve him with a search warrant,
06:23but Ramirez left the residence in his car.
06:27Detectives followed him to a nearby gas station,
06:30where he's picked up on this security camera talking to another man.
06:35Now, Ramirez gets into his car just as a police cruiser across the street
06:40and an unmarked detective's vehicle pull into the station.
06:44In front of you.
06:45You know, the driver's seat is back.
06:47Just backing up.
06:48Just post, just post, just post.
06:49Oh, we're there.
06:51Oh, he's going, he's going, he's going.
06:52Yep, yep.
06:53As detectives open the door to their van, Ramirez backs up.
06:58Hey, come on!
07:01Just f*** your arm up!
07:02But as Ramirez tries to back out of the station,
07:05he runs into another undercover vehicle.
07:07As detectives take positions with guns drawn,
07:12he pulls forward and stops near the undercover van
07:15and a detective armed with a gun and a taser.
07:18Watch it! Watch it! Watch it!
07:20With nowhere to go, Ramirez backs up again,
07:24this time right into a civilian's vehicle.
07:31And then right back toward the detective's van.
07:34Stop! Stop!
07:35Ramirez refuses to stop
07:39and manages to squeeze past the unmarked vehicle
07:42and the pump crashing into the van,
07:44knocking the detective to the ground.
07:47The detective quickly recovers
07:49and runs towards the suspect,
07:51who hits another civilian vehicle,
07:53nearly injuring another detective
07:55before fleeing the gas station.
07:59I shot! I shot! I shot!
08:01Detectives run to their vehicles to pursue Ramirez,
08:04who they suspect has been shot during the melee.
08:07But the suspect makes it less than a quarter mile
08:10before crashing into yet another vehicle,
08:13disabling his car.
08:15Ramirez then runs into the parking garage
08:18of an apartment complex.
08:20Detectives quickly track him down
08:22and take up positions surrounding him.
08:24When Ramirez refuses to come out,
08:27the officers move in
08:28and find him lying face down on the ground.
08:31Van, you wrestle us.
08:35Where are you headed?
08:36Where are you shot?
08:38Where are you shot?
08:39Where are you shot?
08:42Where are you shot?
08:43That's who can help you.
08:44Ramirez was shot in his upper body,
08:48so detectives begin rendering emergency aid.
08:51Fire EMTs soon arrived,
08:53provided further medical assistance,
08:55and transported Ramirez to a hospital
08:57where he was treated for his injuries
08:59and then taken back into custody.
09:02One detective sustained minor injuries
09:04during the incident.
09:06The L.A. District Attorney's Office
09:08charged Ramirez with attempted murder,
09:10assault with a semi-automatic firearm,
09:12dissuading a witness by force or threat
09:15and other charges
09:16in connection to the gang-related shooting,
09:18plus assault upon a peace officer
09:20and assault with a deadly weapon
09:23for the events at the gas station.
09:26He accepted a deal from the prosecution
09:28and pled no contest
09:29to assault with a semi-automatic firearm
09:32and assault with a deadly weapon.
09:34The remaining charges were dismissed.
09:36He was sentenced to 16 years in state prison
09:39with 425 days credit
09:41for time served and good conduct.
09:47Next, we're in Montgomery County, Ohio,
09:49where sheriff's deputies and local PD
09:51were in pursuit of a driver
09:53wanted for failure to comply
09:55and traveling in the opposite lane of traffic
09:57and a passenger
09:59for obstructing official business
10:01by throwing dangerous items at law enforcement.
10:05Earlier, a Perry Township police officer
10:08initiated a traffic stop
10:10on a white pickup truck
10:11with multiple passengers
10:12for having no visible registration.
10:15The driver did not comply
10:17and a high-speed chase ensued.
10:20The officer called it in
10:21and soon,
10:22an Ohio State Highway Patrol helicopter
10:25responded with a plan.
10:26Ohio State, South Hat,
10:28Union of Old Richmond,
10:30copy, I'll back off.
10:31The air unit instructed
10:33pursuing officers on the ground
10:35to back off for safety reasons
10:36while stop sticks were set up nearby.
10:40You want me to see
10:41coming right at her?
10:43Yep, that's one.
10:45You're sticks, you're sticks!
10:47Now, as the truck hits the highway,
10:49troopers in the helicopter
10:51notice something.
10:52Hey, there's actually somebody
10:53in the bed of the pickup truck.
10:54White male with a gray shirt
10:56and black pants.
10:57Looks like either bald
10:58or really short hair,
10:59one of the two.
11:00As the trooper in the helicopter
11:01describes the man in the back,
11:03the effects of the stop sticks
11:05begin to wear on the truck's tires.
11:07They just lost the tire.
11:09After the tire comes off,
11:11the man in the truck bed
11:12can be seen moving
11:13these long wooden boards.
11:15Hey, it looks like that male
11:16was messing with the ratchet truck
11:18trying to get all that stuff
11:19to the back out.
11:19Yep, he's trying to dump boards.
11:22Use caution, guys.
11:22He's trying to dump boards on you.
11:24The passenger then starts
11:25dropping the wooden planks
11:26onto the road,
11:28disrupting pursuing
11:29law enforcement officers
11:30who have to swerve
11:31to avoid them.
11:33More boards.
11:33Use caution.
11:34Use caution.
11:35It's coming.
11:37More boards.
11:37Watch out, guys.
11:40As the chase continues,
11:42the driver makes a dangerous move
11:44across the highway.
11:45He's on the wrong side.
11:47Yep, wrong direction to travel.
11:48And he's up next to the wall here
11:50into opposing traffic, guys.
11:52This deputy pursues the truck
11:54on the opposite side
11:55and attempts a pit maneuver.
12:00It's unsuccessful,
12:02and the suspect continues
12:03to drive recklessly
12:04on the wrong side of the highway.
12:08Gave up an opportunity to get off,
12:10and he's still running
12:11into opposing traffic here.
12:12And it doesn't take long
12:14before their luck runs out.
12:20Multi-car crash.
12:21Multi-car crash.
12:22They run head-on
12:24into two vehicles,
12:25causing a four-car pileup.
12:28Multi-car crash.
12:30Multi-car crash.
12:31The white male's out on foot.
12:33Just south of the 51.
12:34Start firing EMS.
12:35We're going to need
12:36at least three to five medics,
12:38probably.
12:39Seconds after the crash,
12:41three men and a woman
12:42exit the truck
12:43and make a run for it.
12:45We got multiple people running.
12:46One of the men
12:47and the female passenger
12:48limped to the guardrail,
12:50while the other two men
12:51continued to flee down this hill.
12:53They're jumping down
12:57onto the on-ramp here
12:58and off of a sand ridge,
13:00it looks like.
13:02We've got a male
13:03with black jeans,
13:05and it looks like a white male
13:07with multiple tattoos
13:08and blue jeans.
13:09Additional officers arrive
13:10and quickly arrest
13:11the two suspects
13:12who stayed at the guardrail.
13:14You're very lucky to be alive.
13:15I know.
13:17And before long,
13:18one of the two fleeing suspects,
13:20the driver,
13:21is caught nearby.
13:22The one remaining passenger
13:24makes his way
13:25toward a tree line
13:26as the state's air unit
13:28directs officers
13:29on the ground.
13:30Right back behind you.
13:32He's somewhere in this tree line,
13:33back between you
13:34and where that tree line ends
13:35towards the on-ramp.
13:36So white car that just pulled in,
13:37stop right there.
13:39Off your right front
13:40is where we last saw him
13:41into that tree line area.
13:42He somehow manages
13:44to temporarily escape
13:45the eye in the sky,
13:47but it's not for long.
13:49He's out on the south,
13:50out on the south
13:51towards that awning.
13:51He's running southbound now.
13:54All right,
13:54he's on the southwest corner
13:55of that building.
13:55He's stopped now.
13:57Units are making contact.
13:58Ground units
13:59quickly get the suspect
14:00in cuffs
14:01and take him into custody.
14:03The two suspects
14:04who didn't run
14:05were ID'd as 37-year-old
14:07Chandra Lakes
14:08and 49-year-old
14:09Thomas Downey,
14:10the man in the back
14:11of the truck
14:12who was tossing
14:13the boards out.
14:14What do you think
14:15would happen to you
14:15if you'd throw
14:16one of the boards out
14:17and hit one of those deputies?
14:18Excuse me, sir.
14:19Downey, along with the driver,
14:3246-year-old James Collins
14:33and the last passenger caught,
14:3640-year-old Zaquon Farley,
14:38were all charged
14:39with failure to comply
14:40with an order
14:40or signal a police officer
14:42and obstructing
14:43official business.
14:45Collins, the driver,
14:46was also charged
14:48with vehicular assault.
14:50He pled not guilty
14:51and was released
14:52on $20,000 bond.
14:55Downey also pled not guilty
14:57and was released
14:58on $5,000 bond.
15:01Farley has not entered a plea.
15:03All three of their cases
15:04are pending.
15:06According to the sheriff's office,
15:07no charges have been filed
15:09against Lakes.
15:10As a result of the crash,
15:12four people were hospitalized,
15:14one with serious
15:16but not life-threatening injuries.
15:21Next, we're in Gallup, New Mexico.
15:23Stop right now!
15:24Where officers are in pursuit
15:25of a fugitive
15:26who just escaped from jail.
15:29Earlier,
15:29according to police reports,
15:31an inmate being held
15:32at the McKinley County Sheriff's Office
15:34managed to break out
15:36after climbing a fence.
15:38Officer Daniel Brown,
15:39who was getting lunch
15:40at a drive-thru nearby,
15:42heard the call,
15:43and sprung into action.
15:45And it wasn't long
15:46before he spotted the suspect
15:47and gave chase.
15:49Stop right now!
15:52It's running northbound by Sonic.
15:56Northbound across 66.
15:58Now, more officers hear the call
16:01and join the pursuit,
16:02including Officer Warren Bawani
16:05and his canine partner, Apollo.
16:08Once across the street,
16:10the escapee is spotted
16:11by locals driving by in their car.
16:14But the suspect moves quickly
16:15and manages to disappear
16:17near the interstate.
16:19So far, no tracks.
16:27As officers try to get back on track,
16:30dispatch circulates info
16:32on the escaped prisoner's identity.
16:344-2-unition direct,
16:37Jonathan,
16:37the town of Bahina
16:38by a skinny male,
16:40facial mustache,
16:40and he's got a tattoo
16:41on his neck.
16:42He's real thin,
16:43build about 5'7",
16:445'8".
16:45The 31-year-old escapee
16:47was in jail
16:47after being arrested
16:48for drug possession
16:49two weeks earlier.
16:51As police continue their search,
16:53Officer Elijah Bowman
16:55finds footprints
16:56and the suspect's
16:57discarded
16:58jailhouse jumpsuit.
17:00Find six units.
17:02Male should be naked.
17:03Ditched his jumpsuit
17:04over here.
17:05Officer Bowman
17:06decides to search
17:08down in the ditch.
17:12And before long...
17:15Get out.
17:16Contact, contact,
17:17Perky.
17:18Get out.
17:19Get out.
17:19I'm going to tell you,
17:20get out.
17:23Officer Bowman
17:25spots Natanaba
17:26naked and hiding
17:27behind some thick brush.
17:30Officer Brown
17:30rushes to assist.
17:33Get on your stomach.
17:34Get on your stomach.
17:36In the ditch by Wendy's.
17:37In the ditch by Wendy's.
17:39I have to north move
17:39about 20 yards.
17:42Put your hands
17:43behind your back.
17:48Stay like that.
17:49Stay like that.
17:50Do not move.
17:51Do not move.
17:52Do not move.
17:52I got you.
17:57Copy.
17:58That's covered.
18:05One in custody.
18:06One in custody.
18:06Stand up.
18:07Let's go.
18:07Stand up.
18:08We got a Jonathan
18:12at Potanaba.
18:14Though they've captured
18:15the escapee,
18:16officers now have
18:17another issue.
18:18Getting the completely
18:19naked fugitive
18:21out of the steep ditch.
18:23Push off your left foot.
18:25My foot's all known.
18:27Come on, man.
18:28We've got to get you
18:28out of this ditch.
18:30Eventually,
18:31with support from
18:32additional officers
18:33who arrive on the scene,
18:34they're able to get
18:35Natanaba to the surface.
18:36Subject's bloody
18:38all scraped up.
18:39We're coming up
18:39out of the ditch now.
18:42Let's keep him right there
18:43until we can get a sheet.
18:44We're out walking
18:45around with him naked.
18:46Let the jail know
18:47we got a Jonathan
18:48at Potanaba.
18:49An officer brings over
18:50a white jumpsuit
18:51for the suspect.
18:53But before they walk him out,
18:55Officer Brown
18:55issues a stern warning.
18:58Hey, man.
18:59This is what's
18:59going to happen, okay?
19:00We're going to put
19:01those cuffs up front
19:02so you're not
19:03falling on your face,
19:04all right?
19:04You get that?
19:05If you so much
19:06as run from us,
19:06I'm tasing you.
19:07You get that?
19:08I'll make that very clear.
19:09That's what's going to happen,
19:10okay?
19:11Let's get you on up, man.
19:13Running's over, okay?
19:14You've been caught.
19:15You're not going to get away.
19:21What's going to happen
19:21if you run?
19:23You get tased.
19:24You get tased, man.
19:30Natanaba was taken
19:30to the hospital
19:31where he was examined,
19:33medically cleared,
19:34and returned to jail.
19:35He was charged
19:37with escape
19:38or attempt to escape
19:39from jail
19:40and resisting,
19:41evading,
19:42obstructing an officer.
19:44He pled guilty
19:45to escape
19:45and his initial
19:47drug possession charge.
19:49The resisting charge
19:50was dismissed.
19:52Natanaba was sentenced
19:53to 18 months
19:54in prison
19:54followed by 18 months
19:56supervised probation.
19:57Thanks for watching
20:00Fugitives Caught on Tape.
20:01Spread the word.
20:03I'm Tom Morris Jr.
20:04We'll see you next time.
20:05I want it there.
20:09Fugitives Caught on Tape.
20:10Fugitives Caught on Tape.
20:11I want it there.
20:11We'll see you next time.
20:12I'm Tom Morris Jr.
20:12I'm Tom Morris Jr.
20:13I'm Tom Morris Jr.
20:13I'm Tom Morris Jr.
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