On March the 25th, 2025, what started as a routine license plate reader alert quickly escalated into a dangerous multi-state pursuit, Nevada Highway Patrol flagged a semi-truck tied to two suspects without standing warrants for serious crimes involving children and sex trafficking. Officers approached the truck at a border truck stop, but instead of cooperating, the driver fled, setting off a high-speed chase down Interstate 11. All right, I got 110 in front of me. I want to know if we're okay to pursue this. I got 110 in front of me and I'm going to take up secondary. We're going uh looks like he's about to go towards the Elorado Pass. Possibly going to try to go southbound I 11. Copy. We're getting on the I1 now. >> Henry 62, we're southbound I 11. I'll take over comp number four. >> Hey, he's going to lose one of his left rear tires. If uh we're okay with it, I'll go pass. I'll get up ahead. I'll lay down some stop sticks. >> That's a permanent mile. Oh. Oh, he just tried he just cut me off. He just tried ramming me. 89 90 mph. Still light traffic. Vehicle is in number two. Southbound just tried ramming 820 off to into the center median. Heavy 3094. >> Heavy 304. If you can get somebody to go through Boulder City and get on at marker two, go ahead and continue. If not, back off. Please notify uh Arizona DPS and also the damn police. There is no damage followed by Arizona 463. I'm coming around the lake way. I'll start heading that way right now from Mark [Music] 394. Also, have somebody get towards the 95 in case he goes that route towards California, please. As the pursuit unfolded, speeds climbed to nearly 90 mph with the suspect truck swerving, ramming patrol cars and shredding its tires along the way. Officers coordinated stopstick deployments and routed resources through Boulder City and toward US 95, preparing for every possible escape. The chase tested both the patience and safety of everyone involved as officers balanced the urgency of stopping a dangerous suspect with the extreme risks of high-speed intervention. Finally, the truck heavily damaged and running unreed off the road Mim Mark 7 where officers surrounded the vehicle. [Music] [Music] Successful on the flag strips and continuing southbound number one 4153 notify metro here 4153 200 confirming you're on 95 or 11 marker 74 mph 4153 94 do we have authorization to enter Arizona >> yes you have authorization to enter Arizona. He just lost the tread on his front right tire. He's on the rim now. He's swinging rapidly. He's landing off the road right 52. He's way off the road 50%. [Applause] [Music] >> Put your hands up. Put your hands out of the window so we can see them. Take it easy on yourself. Let us know you're alive. >> Anybody in that truck? Speak to us now. >> Do you guys have any cover over there? >> No, it's just rock here. >> Is that shadowing or moving by the just to the right of the mirror? There it is. He's punched out the window. >> Hey, you better let us see your hands when you're coming out, guy. >> Hey sir, let us see your hands. Let us know you're Are you injured? Hey sir, what's your name? >> I see a foot behind the truck. >> He's kind of dangling there. >> I got his right arm. He's coming down. Hey guy, >> come out face away from us. >> Just come on out, guy. Just make it easy on yourself, sir. Just come on out. There's no way for you to go here. >> We'll get you some medical attention. Just come on out. Stay there, man. Don't go anywhere, >> sir. There's no way for you to go, man. You're going to be in the middle of the desert. >> Stop. >> We got a helicopter coming and everything. You're not getting away. >> Just stop. Don't move. Face away from us. >> Turn around. Do it now. >> Now you're going to get tased. Get on. >> It's not going to feel good. >> Get on the ground. You're going to get tased. >> Got the in the car. >> Yep. Right here. Put your hands on top of your head. >> Yep. >> You got me? >> Yep. >> All right. You got them? Yeah. I got >> Okay. You got me? >> Yep. Put your hands on your head. You just told me you're still out. You're not being still. You just told me you're still out. Anybody else in there? >> Ready? One, two, three. There you go. Turn around. Walk up the hill. You don't have to kick your legs out. Just to get you a little bit of air conditioning. All right. Drink. >> Also, the medical's coming. They got chicken. >> Henry 6110. We have a female that's still in the vehicle. >> Where's her? We have a female adult that's also angry that just came out of the vehicle. Need a 52. Anybody else in the car with you? You think you can walk? You can hold on to me if you need to. >> What's Tony? You got him. Put you in my back seat here. Seat. >> What did you hit? steering wheel or Yeah, >> I was trying to make it to that bridge with the water. Got I should have cut that guy off. I knew when he got past me, I was Why did that guy just pull up to me and start talking to me? You know >> what? The other cops. >> That guy right there. He just pulled up in the truck stop and just started wanting to talk to me. You know why? >> Cuz you got warrants. >> Oh. >> If we can settle things at the lowest possible level, we're always going to try and do that first. If you're willing to talk to him and have a conversation, then we'll take that route. But if you want to run from us, then we have to take this route. >> He was locking me up. There was no way I was doing that extra. >> All right. Where were you headed originally? >> Where were you? You're hauling window shades. You said where were you going? Utah. >> Do you want to go to the hospital? They ask you. It's up to you. What do you want me to talk for? Your head or is there something else bothering you? >> I think my legs up too. >> Which one? Well, I think the right name right. >> I think I know I was there. >> Well, cuz you got warrants, man. It shows up in the system and when you got license plates and that are in your name or in somebody's name that's attached to you, you can see that. >> But how did you know I was in >> at the truck stop? We have controls all over the place. >> What? >> Our cameras have license plate readers on them. >> Oh, so they track when I came into the state. >> They can see your license plate. >> Let's walk over here to my back, right? Any cuts just on your hands and stuff like that? >> Looks like you got a good knot on your head. >> I don't know. I'm scared. >> What are you scared of? >> I don't know what's happening. >> So, it sounds like he does have a warn out for his arrest and that's why we were trying to make contact with him. >> This morning, he's supposed to call me. What's up, sir? >> How are you? >> Not too bad. So, this is Tony, his wife of three years. Said they were supposed to be turning themselves in, but we made contact. He talked to his lawyer this morning and just a little bit of shock. I'm sure got a female with no seat belt on. Have a chance. This is his wife. Green was under passenger seat. She got a pretty good head injury. >> About how old is she? 40. >> 92. 32. >> Just a head injury. >> Minor cuts. What about here? >> Pretty good facial on the head and stuff. >> Complaining of any other injuries, but he did say he was 97. >> I don't know if he has any weapons in the truck. Just let you know. It doesn't sound like you're going to be in any trouble, right? So, it's just your husband. >> I know. Just going to make sure you get the help you need. How long were you guys there at the truck stop for? >> Just to keep it easy. >> Just got there and that's when we rolled up. >> Were you guys fighting over the steering wheel at all or anything like that or did you purposely go off the road? >> No, the tire went out. >> Yeah. And I noticed >> Yeah, the tire went out. >> Yeah. I got a female passenger over here. She was unrestrained in the front passenger seat, right? >> What's going on today? All right. What's your first name? There you go. Tony. So, were you seat belted in the vehicle? You didn't have a chance. Did you hit your head? Did you go unconscious during that time? Or do you remember everything? Gotcha. So, we're going to get you down to the hospital. You want to get transferred to the hospital, right? Are you having any pain right now? Where at in your head? Right here. Yeah. You got a good knot right there. elbow. You're still able to move everything. Do we have any pain here? No. Look all the way to the left. Any pain here? No. All the way towards the right. Any pain in the middle? Down to your chest. Any pain? All right. Look straight up. Any pain? Gotcha. All right. You still don't know if you went unconscious or not. You just know it all happened real fast. Right. In custody? >> No. >> Hey, you want to take a few steps for me? My hand right this way. >> The driver, 39year-old Michael, was taken into custody after a tense standoff. He now faces charges ranging from kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon to reckless driving and obstruction of a public officer on top of his original warrants for coercing minors. His passenger Tony, previously charged with child cruelty, was injured but not facing new charges in this case. Both were transported for medical care before being processed, though the suspects remain innocent until proven guilty in court. The pursuit highlighted the constant dangers faced by law enforcement when attempting to apprehend violent fugitives on America's highways.