On January 3rd, 2025, an officer with
the Finley Police Department in Ohio was
dispatched to the Dicks Sporting Goods
in reference to a retail theft. What
started as a simple call later involved
officers from at least three different
departments and a determined civilian
who caught everyone by surprise.
Hi. Hi. We just had a lady walk out with
two of our bog bags with products stuck
into them. Here's my video of her. Yeah,
she put them in. Obviously, you can see
her putting them in the trunk of her
car. I just saw you walk out of my store
with two ball bags filled with stuff.
Can you get me at least a price on the
bags?
Oh, that's 170.
It's got dark kitted windows on it. It
was silver Honda. Yeah, it might be
behind me. There's one behind me right
now. We're just coming up to uh main in
99.
Yeah, this is it.
I don't think she's going to stop the
headquarters. Uh, we're
westbound. I think they just got it.
Chip. Awesome. Y, that makes me so
happy. I love that. Just like makes my
day. She's running. She's running. Nice.
Love that. Even better.
[Music]
Hey, Z's trying to catch up to
driver. Stop your car. You and the
Honda, stop your car. No. Pull over and
stop right now. Well, we're stuck in
traffic. She's uh responding to the PA.
She's going to stop here at
Rick. It's going to be him in just a
moment.
Driver, pull over now.
Yeah, she's not pulling over. We're uh
coming up to 75 now. Contact OSB. We're
know the direction going north on 75.
Ask for assistance.
[Music]
Of course, I'll be with him. I'll be
calling the pursuit. If you can get us
on pursuit
[Music]
channel speeds are 105. Still middle
lane.
[Music]
Oh yeah, I get to fill out another one
of these. At least we count this one.
Yeah. Well, you guys had a lady. I will
tell you it's dangerous going out there
even to get a license plate, but the
license plate does help a lot. I know.
626. You want me to take over this?
[Music]
Yeah.
Okay. 148.
[Music]
She was passing semis on the ride. We're
back at the
[Music]
[Music]
home right now. just
pass
back. You should have a post unit
jumping in here with you soon.
868. We just passed the 173 northbound
passing on the burn
again. Traffic's doing an excellent job
of yielding to me moving. So, I'm pretty
much able to stay.
Even if for some reason they call it off
and they let her go, the license plate
does come back to to her. So I could
tell by the the video you took that it
was her from her DMV picture. So they
may call it off if it gets too dangerous
in 75, but we got her either way. So
we'll charge her. Okay. Okay. Wonderful.
Thank you. Yep.
[Music]
Go ahead.
Uh, no. I just passed a deputy in the
burn, but he's not in the pursuit. He's
just pulled out. No lights or sirens or
anything like that. Just me right
now. Right now, we're 107. We're getting
into a little heavier traffic. She's
going to have to either go on the left
or go right.
And she's
on now. That trooper should have caught
you by now. There's another one coming
by me now.
Yeah, I don't have any other lights
behind me. I got that deputy back there,
but he's not in
it. We're middle lanes. Uh 181. We're uh
underneath the old passenger.
She didn't hit the super bikes there.
[Music]
She just took the
187. 187
[Music]
here. Going to go eastbound. Eastbound
here on 582.
[Music]
She's got a left turn signal on to go
north on uh 199. Standby.
[Music]
Yeah. Northbound on 1996.
[Music]
Good.
When it's safe to do so, one of the
agencies needs to take the one position.
You can go to the two position. Okay.
The troopers look like they fell out of
this. I might have Parisburg Township
jumping in here with me. We're through
the roundabouts. Um 199 here. Hold on.
She's back to the west on Roa Road.
They tried to ram her, but they missed.
I don't know who that was. Was it
unmarked with some flashing lights
[Music]
on? We are eastbound on North Dixie
Highway. If someone can communicate to
this Parisburg Township behind me to
come take the one position, I'll give it
up.
[Music]
Ran the red light at Fort Meeks
Boulevard
[Music]
westbound. We're at the traffic light at
uh Jeff Levis Commons and Jefferson
Street through that intersection. We're
coming up to the Virgin Diamond here in
75 475 split.
[Music]
We're going to get back on 475
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southbound. Think be able to communicate
with uh whoever's behind me to take this
lead.
Yeah, I got a car trying to play police
and not let him
through
northbound. Yeah, I just caused a 31
with
them. 4 911 rammed them. Uh but they
kept going.
[Music]
Harrisburg Township has this uh pursuit.
I'm second in line
on 20.
[Music]
I'm third in line now. I'll let two guys
take this uh in case something happens
where I just fall out. We're still
northbound. Traffic's light. Speed 2150.
[Music]
Taking 2011 A 2011 A
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coming. He's going to get stuck here in
traffic. Now traffic move forward. We're
going to be continuing northbound
under the overpass here. We'll get a
good direction here. Now we're going to
be uh westbound on 25.
They just took a pit. Hit on.
Hands up. Hands up. Hands up. Hands up.
Crossfire. Crossfire. Crossfire.
Crossfire.
Hands up. Hands up.
I got him.
Anybody in the back?
[Applause]
Headquarters one in custody. What I do?
Yeah. What' you do? What I do? Tell me
what I do. Stealing from dicks.
You weren't around anywhere. No.
$100
bag down here.
Get caught up to do it, too.
All the way up here.
Who knows? Uh, we're at 75 and the 25
exit. Y'all got a big reward, huh? A big
reward for this. You got a felony.
bigger. Go to prison now for stealing
some clothes.
Guess what? Slept on a wrist.
First time offense. Nope. Not in Hancock
County. Wrong county, honey. You're not
in Lucas County anymore.
Wow.
My new car, man.
Just verifying you want my car up.
Sorry about the new car, Lieutenant.
Good job.
[Applause]
[Music]
We're stationary at the trail in 75.
Good. That's how you do it. It's a good
one. No damage. Oh boy.
Oh, I'm pumped right now. I'm so pumped.
The
best Hancock and Lucas everywhere, baby.
I'm on one
everywhere. See y'all
somewhere. Nice job. Thank you.
You ain't but a with a badge.
All of y'all. Thank you guys. Thank you.
Thank you everybody. Appreciate it.
Thank you guys. Thank you. Good work.
Good work officer. Good work. [ __ ]
dumb asses for a [ __ ] purse. Y'all
slow as [ __ ] Did all that [ __ ] for a
purse and they just [ __ ] my car up.
Hey.
Hey. I'm trying to get Open the
door. There we go. There it is.
some
pictures for a little. Yeah, for a
misdemeanor.
Kind of dumb, but you need help with I
got a tow truck coming. I just got to
get our evidence here and uh go from
there. So, I've got a whole bunch of
Stanley's, some clothes, like a black
rubber bag, a purple rubber bag, and a
plastic bag with clothes. Does that
sound about right? All the stuff she
stole. Stupid. I know. Why do they do
this?
And he keeps touching my motherucking
wallet like you about to touch my
money. Why is y'all in my money?
Wrong with
y'alling pigs.
Let's take my phone off the hood,
please. Oh yeah, we'll get there. You're
not getting there, though. I mean, I
just want to call make sure my baby dad
and my daughter. That's it. If you would
have stopped in Finley and we would have
wrote your court date and you would have
left and then you could have called your
dad or your baby dad and your daughter.
I know how Finley works. So, I wanted to
get to Toledo. Toledo and now what?
What's happened? You got to Parisburg.
And then I'm like, Parisburg. So, I was
like, let me get to. It's terrible
excuses. All right. But no, you're not
going to use your phone anytime soon.
So, sit tight. Enjoy the the I got a
newborn baby. I just need Can you Can
you call them? Let me let me tell you
something right now. I'm not being I am
being a dick. I don't give a, okay? You
know who lives just putting danger out
there? Myself, all these officers, all
the citizens out there, and then are you
worried about your little baby? You're
going to sit home and take care of him
like a good mom. I am.
Tear your mother up. Y lucky [ __ ]
another female child. The suspect,
identified by her DMV photo as Angelica,
was taken to Hancock County Justice
Center. According to court documents,
she was charged with two counts of
failure to comply with an order and
theft. Despite her threats of having the
best lawyers, she was assigned a public
defender and her bond was set to
$25,000. Her trial date is set for
August 25th, 2025, which will be her
first case in Hancock County. However, a
search of her case history in
neighboring Toledo County revealed 17
different motor vehicle violations,
including one for having an unbuckled
child in her car. Now, what will make a
Simple Dick Sporting Goods retail theft
call spiral into a multi police agency
pursuit? The answer is pretty simple.
Failure to take accountability and
running. And some might think that the
more police that are involved might get
this resolved quicker, but that's not
always the case. And the biggest issue
in this Ohio incident wasn't the
escaping criminal. It was the inability
of the officers to communicate to each
other. And trust me, it wasn't because
of bad police work. Because imagine just
for argument sake, there's four
different departments with their own
radio systems, their own supervisors,
and their own pursuit policies. And
they're all chasing one suspect. It
could be confusing and chaotic. Commands
can be missed and units may double up or
be left behind. But in Minnesota, all
law enforcement channels are digital,
which allows them to have statewide
channels for pursuits called Ltax,
allowing every officer in the state to
hear a chase if needed. Additionally,
there are other statewide tactical
channels that allow police, fire, and
medics to be all on the same channel
talking about the same incident. The
beauty of Minnesota system is whenever
an officer goes into pursuit, every
other officer in the state immediately
hears it. But I'll leave you with this.
If Minnesota can build a system that
unites cops, medics, and firefighters on
the same channel, what's stopping these
other states? Is it politics, funding,
or just a lack of will from the people
in charge? So, of course, let us know
what you guys think. Should all states
adopt the unified radio system, or is it
just part of the