Who is he to you? >> My boyfriend. >> Okay. >> We were we instarting and I have fallen asleep on my way back to uh Woodman Zeno Creek. >> Stop right there. Drop the cigarette with it. Keep your hands raised. Let me see your hands. >> Let me see your hands. On January 22nd, 2024, a routine traffic stop in Kadahi quickly escalated into a dangerous high-speed pursuit. What began as a speeding violation ended with felony charges, drug evidence, and a prison sentence. The officer pursued the vehicle, reaching speeds exceeding 100 mph. High-speed pursuits pose extreme risks not only to officers, but to bystanders and the fleeing suspect. >> All right, he increases speed. I'm in pursuit. Southbound Hall coming up to Rosson now. Looks like he's in lane two. All right. Looks like he's going to turn on Rosson. Uh going to go west. Yep. He's going west on Rosson. West on Rosson from How? Got one car on the road in lane two. Looks like a truck. He just passed it. It's still lane one. All right, he's pulling over at 10th. 10th and Rosson. 10th and Rosson. Pulling over. High stop. >> After several moments, Amari finally pulled the vehicle over. Because of the prior flight, officers prepared for a high-risk traffic stop. We have >> driver, >> stick your hands out the window with the keys. >> Thank you. >> Driver of the vehicle. >> Raise your hands. Let me see your hands. Face away from me. >> Face away. >> Face away. >> Raise your hands. Don't reach. 37 your partner dropped his calm >> step reward to the sound of my voice. Do it now. >> Come back to the sound of my voice. Keep your hands raised. >> I'm going to bring him down right here. >> Stop right there. Drop the cigarette with it. Keep your hands raised. Let me see your hands. >> Let me see your hands. Face away. With your right hand, reach through your hoodie and lift up your shirt. Spin around a circle. Face away. Keep Raise your hands. Step backwards. Keep coming. Don't face away. >> Face away. Just bring him back to >> I was scared, bro. >> Why did you stop? >> I was scared. >> Pasters of the vehicle. Stick your hands out the window if you can. >> 57 23. I got multiple squads left. >> Keep your hands raised. >> Step out of the vehicle. >> Don't reach. Keep your hands raised. You actually just going to >> step for your words now. >> Step back to the sound of my voice. >> Okay, stop there. Take four steps to your left. With your right hand, reach to the small of your neck and pick up your sweatshirt. With your right hand, spin in a circle. Step backwards now. Keep coming. Face front. Let's keep coming. Keep coming. >> Stay front. >> You're being detained right now. >> Can I ask you what? >> Well, cuz the driver of the vehicle didn't want to stop for me. Come on. >> There should be no one else in the car. But if you if you want to go ahead and give command to the vehicle. >> This is the police department. >> Do you have any weapons on you? >> Is there anyone else in the vehicle? >> Okay. Is there any guns in the vehicle? >> Any drugs in the vehicle? >> I don't think so. >> All right. Who is the driver of the vehicle? >> Put your hands up. Um, >> officers used clear commands and increased distance to reduce the risk of sudden violence. The driver was ordered to exit first, followed by the passenger. Once the vehicle was confirmed clear, both the driver and passenger were taken into custody for questioning. At this point, officers were still determining the full scope of the situation. >> Who is he to you? >> My boyfriend. >> Okay. We were we were instarting and I had fallen asleep on my way back to uh Woodman Zeno Creek. >> Okay. Why would he not stop for me? >> I I don't know. I think the last time he um the last time we seen a cop, he got threatened by one. So, I'm assuming that's probably why he didn't why he didn't stop. >> Okay. There's no drugs or weapons in the vehicle. >> There shouldn't be. >> Okay. Maddie, you want to go ahead and search here? >> I got it. Yeah, I'll take over. >> All right. Anybody got a shield by chance? >> I do. >> You do? You want to grab it? >> I promise there's no one else in the car. >> Okay, we're going to step back here. Okay, >> you want to grab it? >> What's your name, my dear? >> Holly. >> Holly, I'm off. I'm going to search you over here, but we're going to go behind the squad. >> We'll be short for face this squad right here. Separate your feet as wide as you can. Do you have anything on you at all? I don't care if it's a cell phone, a wallet, nothing. No, if we can put it back in the car. >> Okay. >> I'm not going to find any weapons or uh anything. This is your one time to be honest. No drugs or anything. >> Nothing on it. >> No. Okay, sounds good. >> There might be some receipts and some like um Who got cold? I know. >> And some cards >> like a car. Um a driver's license. Um and maybe my food stamps card. >> Food stamps. Okay. >> Okay. back of my hand here. Okay. >> Yep. All like >> Yep. I don't understand. I don't like it either. I don't like doing it. I'll sit you in this warm squad. Okay. >> Are we being >> You're being You're currently under arrest. Yes. >> We'll explain things to you in a bit. Just take a seat, please. >> Oh my god. Um >> that was scary. I didn't mean to do it. I promise. >> All right. I'm not going to ask you any questions in regard right now cuz I still have to read you your your rights. Okay. >> I'm not being arrested. I'm just like >> You are under arrest right now for fleeing. >> I didn't mean to, man. I promise you I didn't. I was just We was going to whistle and I didn't I didn't want a ticket. I just got my license back straight. >> Okay. But shouldn't you just pull over, boss? >> I I was scared, man. I Yeah. And then I felt bad about doing it cuz I I wanted to pull over, but I didn't want a ticket, bro. I promise you I didn't mean to do it, bro. Dude, the speed grocery shopping, bro. I promise you. Like I said, I don't want to ask you any more questions regards to that until I read your rice, man. Okay. >> All right. Is that your car? >> No, it's a rental. >> It's a rental [snorts] car. I >> rent it to take over. >> All right. Do you Do you have an ID on you? >> She got it. >> She got it. Who has it? >> She has. My girlfriend has it. >> Your girlfriend has it? >> Has it? >> Okay. What's your first name? >> Amari. >> What's that? >> Amari. >> Amari. What's your last name, boss? >> No. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Amari. >> I'm [snorts] just going to write it down. Okay. >> Bro, can you just >> I can't do that, man. Dude, we are past that point, unfortunately, man. All right. >> I didn't mean to do it. I did. I just started I just started my lane started getting better. >> I'm sorry. Okay. With you being as cooperative as you are, dude, I will help you as much I possibly can. I will guarantee that for you. Okay. All right. But we are past the point of just a ticket now. I'm sorry, man. Okay. All right. [snorts] We We will talk more at the station about this. All right. I'm cut a police. Okay. We'll talk more about this at the PD. All right. All right, Amari. A M A R I. All right, just just say that for me. Okay. >> During the booking process, officers conducted a standard search of the driver. This step is routine and designed to locate weapons, contraband, or evidence. Officers discovered a baggie containing a cream colored powdery substance on Amari. Subsequent testing confirmed the substance was methamphetamine. >> Hey, would you guys just mind searching that vehicle for me? Sure. >> And if you find anything, just let me know and I'll I'll take care of as far as, you know, paper goes on it. >> Okay. >> So, we're going to tow it obviously. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> I'm clear from that. Can you push me back to my PC or anything or >> I mean, at this point, it's more of an inventory. It's just the car's getting towed. >> Okay. Um, so >> scary. >> Yeah, >> we don't do inventory search. That's why like at our department. So that's if you're doing we're doing it on your behalf. >> Yep. Yeah. Do do it on my behalf. Um cuz the empty is going to be here shortly. >> It's a rental car as well. So >> Okay. >> Um and there might be a wallet in there. He said his ID is in his girl's wallet. >> I was hoping you had your dog out. I haven't even seen him yet. >> He's right there. >> I hear him on the radio all the time. But >> yeah, he's a loud mouth. Hey. Um, do you want our squad to hang out there then while we search or you want >> might as well have anything going on >> if they want to pull forward right here? I mean, it's blocked off now cuz then cars can >> Well, I guess that's fine, too. It don't matter. >> It'll be easier if the cuffs are off. >> Take a left when you go in there. left. >> Bench for a minute. Okay. >> You want to crisis room? >> Yep. >> Amari was charged with fleeing or eluding an officer and possession of methamphetamine. Both serious offenses under state law. Amari was later found guilty. He received a sentence of 2 years in prison followed by 48 months of probation and was ordered to pay a $1,036 fine. The female passenger was released without any charges after investigators found no evidence linking her to the crimes. This case highlights the serious consequences of fleeing from police. A simple speeding violation escalated into felony charges, drug convictions, and years of supervision. All because of one decision to run.