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Stealing a police car is one of the riskiest things you can attempt with any wrong move resulting in certain jail time. So, what does it look like when stealing a cop car goes horribly wrong? >> Today, we cover exclusive body cam footage of the few times this has happened. Trying to steal your car. >> Stop it. On March 30th, 2018, a woman named Angie was driving a car that had been reported stolen. When she was pulled over and questioned about it, she had this to say. >> I borrowed from Steven Curtis. He told me that I could borrow it. I swear I did not steal this vehicle. He did steal it. I'm going to have to go to jail and pay the price for it. >> The police knew this car was stolen because it flagged up on their system. They knew without a doubt that somebody had reported it as missing, but they didn't know exactly who took it, which is why they had to assume it was Angie. She was the one driving it at the time and claimed the previous owner bought it straight from the dealership. And given that she has a track record, it's safe to assume she's lying about something. >> She took the vehicle without permission. >> It was reported as stolen. >> Okay. >> So, you're in possession of it. I did at home. Please. >> Not to mention your driving status is flagged. You're not even supposed to be driving. So, you're going to jail. >> Please do. I work with the police. I worked with them on um 11 things Arnette with uh murders and the whole prostitution thing. Um the uh Secret Service with the counterfeiting. Please. I told this officer where you can get paper tags and all that stuff. I will work with you guys. I didn't know. stolen. >> Angie then tells the officers that she's in regular contact with the captain at another police department working as an informant and could even give them information on local drug dealers. But obviously that doesn't excuse her from what she's doing here. So [music] they decide to sit her down in a patrol vehicle while they continue the investigation. But for some reason they decide to put her in the front passenger seat of a running police car. Something that a car thief would realize instantly. And I don't feel like spending the rest of my shift trying because I think this is all going to blow be a bunch of BS anyway. >> Well, what is she doing? >> Trying to steal your car. >> Stop. >> David 136. Suspect just stole my vehicle. Was heading southbound on Memorial from 33rd. >> Angie simply shifts over to the driver's seat, locks the door, and speeds away without a moment's notice. Luckily, it's around 1:00 a.m., so there's very little traffic on the road. But nevertheless, the speeds of up to 90 mph Angie is finding herself at are still extremely dangerous in such a residential area. So, the cops need to shut this down immediately. >> David 104 still in memorial. >> Oh god, there's another cop. [screaming] law enforcement. >> Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. >> Clearly terrified of the situation she's found herself in, Angie turns off the main road and onto a smaller side road. And this turns out to be her downfall. Cornered, Angie realizes her only option is to bail from the vehicle and sprint away. But the cops are trained for situations just like this, and she'll have a hard time staying out of their grasp for long, especially while she's handcuffed. Is that her right there? There she is. Come here now. >> Get on the ground. [laughter] >> Put [laughter] your hands over your head. Put your hands over your head. So we can PUT >> I've seen some stupid stuff, but my gosh, Andy hit a car with it. >> You guys told me that I was going to jail for something that I did not do. >> You just stole a police car. >> Now I'm going to jail for something I did. >> Well, there we go. Silver linings. At least she was right about the prison part because after a fairly short trial where she pleaded guilty, Angie was sentenced to 3 years behind bars. Next case is a man named Mr. Sanchez in Colorado had been purposely causing [music] accidents and crashing into multiple vehicles in the area. So police gathered a team of officers and tried to [music] take him down. >> 379 slowed down. Slow down. Uh, speeds of 28, speeds of 28. >> Maneuver, mid maneuver, full >> TVI successful. >> Using a technique called the PIT maneuver, the precision immobilization technique, the cops were able to spin Sanchez's vehicle around and completely stop him in his tracks. Then they rushed in to arrest him. But this is far from where the story ends. >> Out of the vehicle. Out of the vehicle. Out of the vehicle. >> ON THE GROUND. WHAT'S GOING ON? I GOT I GOT >> WHAT THE [ __ ] >> What's going on? >> My girlfriend [ __ ] shot at me and I don't know what the [ __ ] going on. >> Sanchez looked scared and confused and even claimed he had no idea what was going on or what he did wrong, but that might at least explain what he does next. After being placed in the back of the patrol vehicle, he managed to bring his handcuffed arms under his legs so that they were in front of him and then proceeded to do this. Oh, what the [ __ ] >> Sanchez jumps into the front of the patrol vehicle and simply drives away. For some reason, the car didn't have a partition between the front and the back and evidently had the keys ready in the ignition. And what's worse, the police had left a service rifle on the passenger seat of his new ride. So now he was speeding away, armed and in a stolen vehicle. >> I need as many sets of stock sticks set up as you can get. >> Can you get a hold of state patrol and find out if this individual is armed, please? >> He's not anymore. >> My rifle. >> The rifle is in the vehicle passing the 390. Speed's 123. Mark's Charger is the one that was stolen. and I'm in the gray, unmarked. He's driving down the middle of the lane. Get stopsticks out. >> The police immediately focused on stopping him. The longer he was driving like this, the more danger he was putting civilians in. He was currently driving over 120 mph down public roads at 11:00 a.m. If this continued any longer, many lives would be at risk. So, the cops set up stop sticks, spiked strips designed to puncture the tires and stop the vehicle in its tracks. The only issue, Sanchez was a better driver than they realized. >> Coming at you, J. First car >> coming up on stops. He missed him. Continuing eastbound. >> I'm coming up right now. And I'll come up behind him. >> Sanchez was able to avoid the stop sticks, not once, but twice, and continued to speed down the freeway at increasingly dangerous speeds. However, the cops knew exactly where he was going, and if they kept at it, the method would eventually work. What they seem to forget, though, is that taking out a car's tires at 120 mph is an incredibly dangerous feat in its own right. >> You got sticks. We got a tip. You all right, sir? You all right? >> Yeah, just >> Sanchez crashed into a parked semi-truck at over 100 mph. After being removed from the wreck and taken to the hospital, he was pronounced dead. The semi-truck driver sustained no injuries and nobody else was hurt in the pursuit, but it did come close. This pursuit was allowed to go on for much longer than it should have been. And it's astonishing that it was even able to happen in the first place.
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