140+ MPH Pursuit ends w/ SPIKES & PIT Maneuver - Occupants resist, get TASER'ed and PUNCHED #ASP

Report: I was consistently going 130MPH to 140+MPH to catch up. I finally closed the gap between me and the suspect vehicle on Highway 18 at the Dell Power Plant, at which point Mississippi County deputies and Blytheville officers were notified, and they were staging just west of Blytheville, inside the city limits, to set up spike strips. Once spiked, the suspect vehicle continued at a high rate of speed and ran the red light at Highway 18 and Highway 151, then immediately decelerated due to his front driver tire losing air, causing him to drift into the westbound lanes. As the vehicle approached N 16th St, I attempted another TVI and pushed the vehicle up N 16th St and immobilized the vehicle by pushing it over a curb just south of Walnut St. As I exited my vehicle, I noticed the driver, Adonerus Johnson, crawling out of the driver's seat into the back seat and attempting to open the rear passenger side door to flee on foot. Officer Liles with Gosnell PD tased Johnson as he tried to walk past Officer Hallmark (Blytheville PD), who had Johnson at gunpoint. After he was tased, he continued to resist by withholding his hands and was drive-stunned by Officer Liles until he finally complied and was taken into custody by Officer Liles and Officer Hallmark. As officers dealt with Johnson, I was giving verbal commands to the back seat passenger (Tedrick Washington) on the driver’s side to get out of the vehicle, to which he responded by simply staring at me, then looking away. I pulled on the door handle to open the door and was unsuccessful. I then deployed my baton, busted out the window, and began giving him commands to crawl out. Washington would stare at me and state that he couldn’t get out, even after I created a pathway for him to crawl out by busting the window. I told Washington several times to crawl out the window without success, so I grabbed his left wrist and a handful of his hair and began pulling him in an attempt to persuade him to crawl out with my assistance, which he still refused to do. Washington attempted to pull his arm away from my grasp twice, then the door partially popped open as I was trying to pull him out of the window. With the small gap in the open door and the fact that I was not going to give Washington any control of his left hand by letting go of him, for safety reasons, I continued to give him commands to crawl out the window. Washington continued to brace against the door with his right hand as I pulled on his left arm while he was bent over through the window, then when I let go of his hair for a moment, Washington postured up and it appeared as if he was preparing to strike with his right hand, so I quickly struck him once in the left side of his face with a closed fist. Washington then turned away from me and pulled away from me again as he backed out of the small gap in the door. As he exposed his body from behind the door, I let go of his left wrist so his arm could go through the door, then I grabbed his upper body and took Washington to the ground. Once on the ground, Washington continued to tense up his arms and pulled away as Officer Liles (Gosnell PD) and I tried to gain control of his left hand. Washington’s right arm was tucked under his head while he lay on the ground face down. Officer Liles was on Washington’s left side, and he managed to eventually work Washington’s left hand from underneath his body, but Washington was still pulling against Officer Liles as we gave commands to give us his hands, so I struck Washington in the left cheek again, still not causing him to comply. Once we gained control of Washington’s left hand, I was able to place a handcuff on the left wrist, then we attempted to gain control of Washington’s left hand, which was now tucked under the right side of his head and tensed up as he lay on his right side. Officer Liles was able to force Washington into a face-down position again so that I could turn Washington’s right arm and place it behind his back and get him fully handcuffed. As I pulled his right hand to his lower back, Washington was actively pulling against me again prior to arrest. The front seat passenger, Merrendes Jackson, was later released without any charges. The vehicle belonged to Jackson’s mother. The driver, Adonerus Johnson, was transported to the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Office, where I read him his Arkansas DWI Statement of Rights. He signed off and agreed to provide breath samples for BAC (blood alcohol content). Johnson blew a 0.17 on BAC, well above the legal limit. He was booked and charged with Speeding More than 15 MPH Over the Limit, Reckless Driving, Fleeing (Felony)-Vehicle or Conveyance, DWI 1st, Resisting Arrest, Unauthorized Use of Another Person’s Property to Facilitate a Felony, No Seatbelt, Failure to Stop at Red Light, and Improper Passing on Right. The backseat passenger, Tedrick Washington, was arrested and charged with Obstruction of Governmental Operations and Resisting Arrest.