3:30 a.m. Snellville, Georgia. A patrol officer lights him up. He doesn't stop. 3 days later, his father walks him into the police department. >> [music and singing] >> Officer Daniella Garcia is on patrol in zone two, westbound side of Snellville near West Main Street. Middle of the night, traffic is light. Then this BMW flies past her. She estimates 80 by eye. Her department-issued lidar, a Dragon Eye unit, locks him at 71 in a 45, 26 over. Lights and sirens go on. Watch what the BMW does. He's not pulling over. He's pulling away. Pursuit policy weighs the chase against the offense. The BMW is already pulling distance, no plate capture. At 3:00 in the morning in the city, it's not worth the risk. Garcia kills the lights, kills the siren. The BMW disappears westbound on Highway 10. Officer Garcia files her report. No plate, no suspect, just a black BMW going somewhere west. 2 days later, the case lands on the desk of investigator Ronnie Boone. He pulls Garcia's dashcam and starts hunting. He runs the Evermore CID Flock camera looking for any black BMW heading west between 3:30 and 4:00 a.m. the morning of the chase. Two BMWs come back. One out of Michigan, Different vehicle. The other, a 2008 black BMW registered to a Lawrenceville address. Boon compares the brake lights from Garcia's dash cam to the Flock photo. They match. Boon calls the registered owner, a man named Joseph Ellison. Joseph confirms he owns the BMW. Asked who was driving it Saturday night into Sunday morning. Joseph tells him, his son. Boon tells the father exactly what his son did and asks if he can bring him in for an interview. Oh, right there near 78. Off 78? Okay. Right through you and right there. Right through you and you're on the main highway. Okay. Right there special right there. Y'all moved recently from Lawrenceville? Mhm. Okay. Yeah. Got you. It's not too far of a move, I guess. No. It's probably about 15 20 minutes. Okay. Okay. Yeah, we were right there in Gwinnett so we were on the air. You just follow me right in here. If y'all would and Dad, I'm assuming you want to sit in here as well, you're more than welcome to. You've been cooperative. If you want to sit in here as well, give me 2 seconds and I'll be right back with you. I'll leave got to go. There's a live button. Y'all are registered listed on there. Um Yeah, TDV Tango Delta Victor 1847 and it comes back registered to both of y'all off of the Binghamton Lane address. Everything else looks good. So, um So, let me just make sure I have right. Make sure I don't Let me Let me just be honest with you, okay? If I can. I'm looking for a little bit of truth and responsibility here. You're 28 years old. >> Right. You're a grown man. >> Right. Um your dad obviously is involved in your life that he was able to within 20-30 minutes get a hold of you and then bring you up here to to to kind of be responsible for your actions that night. >> Right. Um The evidence that I have, I could look at a slew of traffic violations on top of fleeing from the police. Right. Um the officer clocked you on um on radar or lidar coming down 124 71 mph in a 45 mph zone. Jeez. Yeah. So, these things these things are are 100% accurate. Um they check them at the beginning and end of shift. And it's a little laser they put on use use When I did it, I put it on your headlight because it's the most flat surface. Yeah. Um That's on 124, took a right, she came behind you. And I And I I wasn't there, but here's how I know everything. Not only did I talk to her, Right. we have so much video recording, it's it's is >> Right. And it is quite clear she pulls up behind you um on the you're in the far left-hand lane before on 78 Westbound before you get to McGee Road, which is right there on the city limits. She turns her blue lights on and then you do a hard acceleration and pull away from her. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it. No jury in the world >> Right. I'm would would look at it any differently to say you because you were doing so based on the speeds, it was if I recall correctly and I've got the video, but it looks like about 60 mph when she pulls behind you. She accelerates her car when you first take off, she accelerates with you. She hits 77 mph. Okay. Speed limit there is 45 mph. So, you went from 55-60 mph and you increase your speed by 20-something. She increased her by 20 mph and you were pulling away. So, I would estimate you probably 30 mph, you know, more than 20 mph than she was doing if that makes Okay. Um so, again, I Y'all can I'm being honest. Like, I I got a clean record. Like, the only thing I have >> I know that you don't You don't have a criminal history. I know that. Right. So, it's like I would have I would never run from the police essentially. I don't You know what I'm saying? Cuz I would know I'm not going to get in that much trouble. I honestly probably wasn't even like paying attention. I didn't even I was just driving. You know what Well, that's that's that's that's >> Right. Like, I I was I was just like trying to get home. I didn't I wasn't paying attention to like cars. Like, I don't know. You know what I'm saying? It was late. Like, I'm leaving the club. I'm just trying to get home honestly and know anything about the police or >> Can I give Can I give you a piece of advice? Yes, please. >> The evidence is there. Right. That's what I was saying. Okay. The evidence is there. There's two ways that you can approach this and that I'll implore you as well uh to maybe have a conversation with him. Um the evidence is there. It's It's It's It's indisputable. Uh these are just still shots. These are just still shots. This is the Here's your tag number. I've got more and I got more where it has like the mile an hour and this on here. Right. But, let me just let me just show y'all cuz I'm not BSing y'all. >> No, I believe you. I believe Here is If you can look, this is this is where you pulled away. And I want to show you the video here in a second. You can look right over here. This is what my patrol officer's speed is at 77 mph. When she initiated the stop, it was at 56 mph. So that's her in-car speed and you're pulling away. And then I just I wanted you to see this as well. Um This is So this is the video Let me just back it up. So this is the video of her in-car. And I'm sorry, so it's just it's on my phone. But this is her coming up behind him in the left lane 78, blue lights are on. This is how close. Blue lights are on, no other cars around except for one to the right. And then watch how he pulls away. You can actually hear on the audio, you hear his engine rev up. So it's clear that you didn't just drive on and accelerate for the heck of it. I'm working on that. All right. Going over towards High Point and then she stops her She stops her pursuit. So Um I will say this and I'm going to give you an opportunity now that you've seen this to maybe maybe you readdress it and see if you want to reapproach your your your explanation. Right. Um It's dangerous. It's dangerous for our officers. It's dangerous to to the the motoring public. It's dangerous to the people. You kind of got lucky on the officer who was behind you. Um she's not overly aggressive when it comes to pursuing vehicles for whatever reason for for what she had at the time, which was a speeding violation. Right. Another officer behind the wheel of that car with more experience would have uh and I'm speaking from experience when I was on patrol would have chased you Mhm. and pitted you. Right. And your your I saw your car on your YouTube channel. 2008 BMW, it's a nice looking car. You take care of your wheels, don't don't get me wrong. Um it probably would not have been in a good shape if that would have been a different officer. So, you kind of got lucky that Officer Godsey was the one who was working traffic that night. So, um after seeing the video, you want to complain with me now and be honest with me and let me take that into account. >> Yeah, I'll be a completely honest with you. Like I said, I'm a pro- I'm a party promoter, so I wasn't intoxicated. You were? I was intoxicated. I will say that. So, that's that may be the reason I don't remember cuz when he came and told me I was so confused. I was like, "Man, from the police?" Like, "Why would it" You know what I'm saying? "Why would I do that?" I don't know if I don't remember cuz I was intoxicated, but I honestly do not remember. But looking at the video, it's clear it's clear that anybody in that driver seat would have known blue lights were behind and the police were stopping, correct? >> Right. And it's clear that the driver of that vehicle Right. Right. >> took off, fled from the police. I appreciate your honesty on the DUI. I think you're I think you're skirting the fine line of of 100% honesty. I think How How drunk were you? I mean, or was it Was it marijuana? How Were you intoxicated by? That's all. May 19th, Investigator Boone obtains a felony warrant from the on-duty magistrate judge. He calls Ramire. Ramire agrees to turn himself in to the jail that day, and he does. In Georgia, felony fleeing carries up to 5 years in prison and a 1-year minimum license suspension. Whether you think the felony fits the conduct, that's a separate conversation. What's not up for debate is what the cameras caught and what he said in that interview room.