DO NOT RESIST. I SWEAR YOU'LL FIGHT. USED >> TO BE A WHITE OFFICER. >> OKAY. >> Used to be a white officer. >> She's just slamming into. >> She switched cars. She crashed another car into that building. She switched cars. I don't remember it. >> And she just kept the chain of events, but she just kept switching cars. Oh, I ain't never seen nothing like this. >> Yeah. >> Oh, this a show for me today. >> Yeah. >> Crazy. I don't know if you seen on the news. That was her. >> All I see is an on here. >> And I didn't even get those. Might be like 15, 20. On July 9th, 2023, officers in Cleveland Heights responded to a chaotic scene at a local enterprise rent a car lot. A recently fired employee had reportedly gone on a rampage, smashing over 15 cars, damaging buildings, and even trying to set the place on fire. What officers found when they arrived was nothing short of craziness. >> Where is she last? >> She just got in the car. Don't come back. >> Okay. She did this and this. >> Yeah. >> Just >> Nope. Leave them. Leave him right there for now. >> All right. You're breathing too heavy. >> All right. Okay. >> All right. All right. Get up. It's all good. It's all good. Hold on. Stop. One arm. >> She will try to bite you. >> All right. It's Cleveland. Please. Go ahead. Lift your arm. >> Cleveland. Police. >> She will try to bite you. >> Is there a white guy around? >> One arm behind the back. Put your arm behind your back. >> There needs to be a white officer. >> Needs to be a white officer. >> Okay. >> Needs to be a white officer. >> Hey, we here. >> You need to be a white officer. >> Okay. White officer. >> And it's a struggle. >> Get off. Yeah, >> let's be right. Officer lost his arms right now. >> Officer Gibson CPD, listen. Bring your hands around through your back. Okay. >> Officer resist. >> It's a dog. It's a dog. Come on. >> DO NOT RESIST. >> THE SUSPECT, later identified as 29-year-old Darun Burks, refused every command. It wasn't until the K9 unit moved in that she seemed to realize things were about to get much worse if she didn't stop resisting. >> There we go. >> Bernie 14 and the carers at Maplewood. I know you're all on Madison. >> Okay. >> All right. We're going to stand her up, guys. >> About to stand up. >> You know what? Um, our car is a little far. She blocked it in. So, we're going to have to have him move one of them cars back so we can get our car in. >> Okay. But we going to turn her over. >> You want to go get the car? >> I got you. I got you. Okay. All right. Turn over. >> Turn you over. Okay. >> Don't get her from being prone. >> Sit up. I want her to die. >> Right. >> All right. I'm Jones. This is my partner Gibson. Okay. >> All right. I want the right officer. >> Huh? >> I want the right officer. >> Stand up. Stand up on your feet. Stand up on your feet. >> We're going right here. >> We'll be interview y'all in just a minute. Even once she was in cuffs, Burks wasn't [music] done. As officers brought her outside, she only kept escalating, screaming, kicking, and making it harder for anyone to figure out what had actually happened. >> EMS, can you see if GMS is inside our way? >> 13, you need to respond. There is a female. >> Hey, hey, stand up. Stand up. walk. >> Just walk. >> We got one fire alarm. >> I copy 12591 fire. >> You want to be a firefighter? >> Okay. >> My test. >> Stand by. Answer us for us. >> Stand by. We're carrying his female to the car. [laughter] >> No, they just said standby. They're dealing with that female. >> Get in the car. >> Ry 17, can you go over to them, please? Go over to them, please. Once placed in the cruiser, officers finally had a moment to piece the chaos together. And what they learned made the situation even more disturbing. >> Oh my god. All this >> all that over there, the break room >> in the garage, cars in the back. >> Oh, I ain't never seen nothing like this. >> Yeah. >> Oh, this a show for me today. >> Yeah. It's crazy. I don't know if you seen on the news. That was her. >> Any I did not. >> Yeah. Anybody witness this? Um, did you witness it or he was in the office? >> I witnessed this after one of my employees, Craig, came in there and told me. He said she was at the gas pump first trying to strike a match and blow everything up. >> Okay. So, you ain't witnessed none of this? >> No, I witnessed this part, but I didn't witness when she was at the gas pumps trying to blow everything up. >> Trying to blow everything up. >> When I came running out, >> how she enter the lot? >> She drove. She drove. You could drive in, but you need a uh gate car to get out. >> Did she drive in with her car or anything like that? car is like over by the uh by the pump. >> Okay. Um did anybody get hit or anything like that? >> Not that I know of. >> Not that I know of. >> Okay. >> Cars damaged. >> We're trying to get information now. >> I'm looking. I don't know what I'm thinking. >> Okay. >> She victims are over here. So, all right. Just want to let you know. >> Did she pour gasoline on any of these vehicles? >> Not that I know of. Go ahead. >> Can we get Ohio license plate in the cab, please? >> It's in there. >> 1618. I have a gun for you. >> We use 9. She's over there. >> 14. I have three more plates. Let me know when you're ready. I apologize in advance. Go ahead. >> Shut this one. >> I have a Michigan plate. Second plate is Ohio license plate. >> Next vehicle is going to be North Carolina. >> While a female deputy documented the damage and ran the license plates of the wrecked vehicles, another officer spoke with an employee who'd witnessed the destruction firsthand. I was working right here on this bay. You see that black Pathfinder? It was on this bay. So, the first time I noticed, I saw my coworker running this way talking about this one crazy lady. I look out. I didn't see when she came in, but she's I don't know car she's in this point, but she was she switched between like three or four different cars, but she's just slamming into she, from what I can remember, I think the first thing she did was Oh, I saw her come around. She slammed into a Camry that was parked right there outside. And then from there, I think she went around. >> Okay. So, I know she came through this bay first. She >> like drove right through >> through this this this ramp. >> She drove through uh she knocked down that oil uh there's I forgot what the >> oil spill. Drove through the ramp. >> Drove through the ramp. She drove through from this door to that door. >> Uh she drove through there. See that Durango? She crashed that into that building. She switched cars. She crashed another car into that building. She switched cars. I don't remember it was >> and she just kept the chain of events, but she just kept switching cars. I don't remember the sequence, but she kept switching cars. >> This is the car. This car is still on. I'm not going to touch it. >> Okay, we got to figure out how to get this. >> Yeah, I don't want to touch anything. >> Okay, so we going to need a tow here too then, huh? >> Yeah. >> Okay. What's that? Is that one damage, too? >> Uh, looks like >> Jesus Christ. I got you, champ. >> Push out. All right. >> Okay. Um, >> officers could only imagine how catastrophic this could have been if her plan had succeeded. But even in the face of the destruction, they stayed composed, carefully documenting the aftermath of what she'd left behind. >> It's somewhere over there. So, we're just trying to make sure we got all the vehicles first. And then >> that's for an artist, right? her teeth. >> Um, the one at the gate is one, two, three, four, five. >> And I didn't even get those plus ones. I guess got might be like 15, 20 possibly. >> What type of convictions are you looking for? >> What happened here? >> We um I guess she got fired. Was just ready to talk. >> We ran in the bag. Um K9 run out. We're getting ready. >> She heard the dog. We were able to detain her. We started walking into the car. She stopped walking, lifted her legs. So, we had to pretty much secure her to the car. >> Did she do these as well over here? >> Okay. >> Did she do these as well? >> Um, I have a Camry. Toyota Camry. >> Just this one. >> SC. In the end, Darun Burks was charged with two counts of aggravated burglary, both first-degree felonies, two counts of attempted aggravated arson, one count of burglary, two counts of felonious assault, [music] one count of vandalism, one count of grand theft, one count of aggravated menacing, and one count of resisting arrest. According to police reports, Burks caused extensive damage to multiple cars and buildings, totaling more than half a million dollars. In November 2023, Darun Burks was sentenced [music] to 9 years in prison.