What starts as a confusing sighting of a school bus quickly turns into a full-blown pursuit. Officers initially believe they may have located the vehicle connected to a theft call, but within moments they realize they may be looking at the wrong bus. Then the situation changes completely. A second school bus is spotted. Officers begin coordinating a pursuit and the driver refuses to stop. Keep watching because what happens when police finally get the bus stopped raises some serious questions about why this man took it in the first place and what he tells officers after he's in custody. Heat. Heat. One more. Hey, Reynolds, you may want to start heading out that way just in case that guy goes in the woods. Start heading out that way just in case that guy goes IN THE WOODS. >> HEY, COME HERE. COME HERE. WHO ELSE IS ON THE BUS? I >> got my lady. My lady, bro. >> Come here. TELL THEM TO COME. HEY, COME OUT. >> And right here, we get the first major twist. Officers were acting on information about a stolen school bus. So, seeing a bus in the area naturally triggered an immediate response. But after approaching it and checking the situation, they realize this isn't the vehicle they're looking for. That's an important distinction because officers can't simply treat every similar looking vehicle as the stolen property. Notice how quickly the officer changes direction once the mistake becomes clear. There is no unnecessary escalation here. The officer recognizes the error and moves on. But this brief confusion is about to become very important because another bus is still out there. And this time, officers believe they found the right one. I saw a yellow school bus pulled over at about the right. That's why I came back cuz I saw you pull over and I was like, "Oh, nope. Not the wrong way." >> Not fair back school bus. >> So, yeah. So, there was a 18-wheeler >> parked on the other side and I couldn't see it. >> So, well, you know, >> but uh I got caught at the red light and I don't have light so I couldn't get in behind light. You ain't got lights in that. >> I couldn't get on the interstate with it. >> Unit be advised that uh this is not the bus. I'll be back in pursuit. Yeah. Catch up to it. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Now the situation has completely changed. What began as officers trying to identify a stolen bus has become an active pursuit. The officer is explaining that traffic and the lack of emergency lights affected his ability to immediately get into position, which is why communication between units become so important. Instead of every officer making an independent move, they're using the radio to track the bus and coordinate who can get ahead, who can maintain visual contact, and who can safely assist. At this stage, the biggest concern isn't just recovering the vehicle. It's keeping other motorists in the public safe while a large school bus is moving through traffic with police following behind. Heat. Heat. going to call us. I got that bus in the right lane or a school bus in the right lane. Uh the 135, it should have the words Fair Saxs Public Schools on the side. four. I got it at the uh bridge right here. He's got his turn signal on wide open. We're still rolling. He's about his shoulder right now. This is the moment officers have been waiting for. After tracking the bus through multiple roads and confirming its identity, the pursuit finally comes to an end. But notice the immediate priority commands. Officers aren't casually walking up and asking what happened. They're ordering the driver out, telling him to keep his hands visible, and directing him to put the vehicle in park. Those commands are about controlling the scene before anyone gets close enough to conduct a search or make an arrest. A moving vehicle involved in a pursuit creates an obvious safety concern, so officers need the driver separated from the vehicle and their hands visible. Now, the question is simple. Who is behind the wheel? And why did he take a school bus in the first place? GET OUT OF THE CAR. GET OUT OF THE BUS. PUT YOUR HANDS UP. GET OUT OF THE BUS. We're right in front of Marshall building for sale. Got me. Keep your hands up. Put it in park. Uh the security bank I got in county out here with me. I guess it's in May power. Keep your hands up. Keep your hands up. Log out. microwave. >> You got it? >> Yeah. >> All right. >> And now we get the first glimpse into the driver's explanation. He isn't denying that he took the bus. Instead, he's immediately trying to explain why he did it. He tells officers that he was trying to make it back to his wife and even mentions that he had an embarrassing medical problem during the incident. That detail may explain his urgency from his perspective, but it doesn't automatically explain or justify taking someone else's vehicle. At this point, officers still have to separate the emotional explanation from the facts of the case. What matters is how he got access to the bus, whether he had permission to take it, where he drove it, and why he continued driving after officers attempted to stop him. And those answers are going to become much clearer as investigators speak with everyone involved. I'm >> just trying to make it back to my wife. said you said you trapped yourself. >> I did, actually. All right, sit back there for me. Heat. Heat. Hey, I'll be slow getting there, but I'll be able to ride you the driver. >> Hey, brother. I I appreciate you being just chill with me. Thank you. >> Yeah, dude. We're just going to have to walk across the road for the crash right here. >> What? >> Yeah. Yeah. So, man, so I'm Shane. I'm with the stone vehicle task force for the state. Got you. >> I made one. >> I got you. Yeah. Yeah. I I figured he uh said he crap himself, so putting on gloves to thoroughly search him. Uh >> at this point, the scene shifts from pursuit to investigation. The driver has been taken into custody, and officers are now documenting what happened and identifying the people connected to the bus. One detail that stands out is the officer explaining that he's putting on gloves before conducting a more thorough search after the suspect said he had soiled himself. That's a practical scene management decision, especially when officers are dealing with bodily fluids or potentially contaminated clothing. Meanwhile, another investigator identifies himself as part of a state vehicle task force and begins piecing together the timeline. This is where body cam footage becomes especially valuable. Officers aren't just reacting anymore. They're comparing statements, locating witnesses, and determining exactly how the bus was taken. Yeah, we were literally like right there. >> It's all yours. >> I don't know. They just uh reported bus stolen like on the west side of >> uh I guess I I didn't talk to her but sound like she was a bus driver and they were doing maintenance work on it and he just hopped in and took off. He said he was just trying to get home to his wife and he told me he saw her and said he crapped himself earlier today. Um, so >> Fairfax. >> Yeah, it was over there at Har Robins getting maintenance done on it. So just what they were saying. So >> So where'd you catch up to? >> Uh, like right past Yeah, right past Baker Wills. I was about to downgrade, but then I saw a bus in the right lane, like short bus in the right right lane. >> They put it out to us and I was turning around at the vault to get eastbound and I was hollering trying to figure out what was going on. And then I seen him coming code and I was like, >> "Okay, see I got uh cuz there was one pulled over at the uh >> that's what threw me off. I seen lights in the rest area and then I seen I saw it at the rest area. I'm like, "Oh, that's it. We're just going real fast. >> We passed it. I didn't I didn't get a chance to see the right over there, you know. So I was like, "Oh, that's it." >> Yeah. The door was wide open. I remember. Uh >> yeah, one door was wide open. >> Yeah, called it out on the radio. >> Well, you saw the car. >> He got on the shoulder all the way back there and then he got back into the right lane. Come on up a little bit further. This conversation gives us a much clearer picture of what officers were dealing with during the pursuit. The bus was moving through traffic. The door was reportedly open and the driver was changing lanes and continuing forward. The pursuing officer also explains a major limitation. He didn't have emergency lights available to immediately make the same traffic movements as a marked unit. That helps explain why the pursuit required coordination instead of simply one officer staying directly behind the bus. Investigators are now reconstructing the route almost minuteby minute where the bus was first spotted. why officers initially became confused and what the driver did when police got close. This isn't just about catching the vehicle. It's about establishing a defensible timeline of what happened before the arrest. >> So, I'm just going to have that on so I can report it. So, you got your ID on you? Yes, sir. >> I'm just going to run. >> Here's another important part of the investigation that can easily get overlooked. Officers aren't only interested in who drove the bus. They also need to document the property itself. Who owns it? What is it worth? When was it acquired? and critically was it damaged? Those details can become significant when investigators prepare the official report and determine what charges may apply. The good news for the owner is that officers say the bus appears to be completely undamaged. That doesn't erase the alleged theft, but it does mean the situation didn't escalate into a damaged or wrecked vehicle recovery. And now investigators are closing the loop by documenting the financial value of the bus and making sure every part of the incident is accounted for. >> Damage. >> Yeah. Uh the guy who had the bus had I think they're already taking him to jail to be completely honest with you. They >> just straight to jail. Uh and we're we're going to be >> case closed as far back together so we can wrap up the file and send it on it way back. >> He dropped the blank. Yeah, he probably he probably walked back. All right. >> No, Ethan took him in his Durango down. >> We're just trying to log in we talked to uh so I don't have a P. So So as it sits right now is $30,000 like >> that's what the guy said. Just just Yeah, it's probably 90 to 130. >> So that's the uh he says we'll go back. got another one just >> you talking and he he stopped by and asked me uh what he exactly his word for word was he said he had diarrhea and he [ __ ] his pants >> yeah he mentioned that >> yeah and he said that he wanted to use our facilities and he looked like a [ __ ] crackhead I'm sorry and I was like no you can't there's a woman in there I just can't let you do that and he's like well let me borrow the white truck parked out back there and I'll bring it back and I was like I also can't let you do that and then he's like well let me borrow your truck and I said get [ __ ] basically is what I said. >> Yeah. >> That he got I guess he got arked with me. So I went inside to go talk to Sarah and he was walking in front of the building and I went over there to see if he I asked her if she passed and she did. He said she said she didn't see anybody. So I went back outside. Bus is leaving. So I he said he talked to he said he talked to you and >> and this may be the most revealing part of the entire investigation. The [clears throat] witness describes a completely different chain of events from what the suspect's actions might suggest. According to the account being relayed to officers, the man first approached asking to use facilities, then asked about borrowing vehicles and was refused. Investigators are also told that the bus was left idling with the door open, and the suspect apparently interpreted that situation as permission to take it. But as the officer immediately explains, an unlocked or unattended vehicle is not the same thing as consent to take it. This is exactly why witness interviews matter. Investigators are trying to determine intent, opportunity, statements, and the sequence of events rather than relying on one >> spoken permission to take the school bus. >> Yeah, I'm not sure about that. >> Uh, well, that that's not how we operate in in a normal society, right? If I leave my car in the most terrible crime neighborhood you can think of with the door open and the keys in it. Okay, that makes me an idiot, but it doesn't make it okay to drive off in my car, right? And I'm not saying you're an idiot. Understand that, right? Uh, but that doesn't mean it's okay for somebody else's to steal my car, right? So, I leave $10,000, you know, on the dashboard of my car. Someone smash his windows. I'm dumb, but that's not an invitation to take, right? Log. Uh, sounds good. Um, >> do you have the report number? Did the officer give you number where where y'all are at? >> Cington Park Drive. >> Okay. It's in that little strip mall there right behind the jail. Yeah. Don't tap away. >> Well, yeah, we share the the back property with the >> So, after reviewing the entire sequence, the incident follows a surprisingly clear progression. Officers initially investigated the wrong bus, quickly corrected that mistake, then located the suspected stolen school bus and pursued it until the driver stopped. Once the bus was secured, officers arrested the driver and began gathering witness statements and documenting the vehicle's ownership and value. The bus was ultimately reported as undamaged while investigators continued building the case around how the vehicle was taken and what the driver intended to do with it. The biggest takeaway is that an unattended vehicle may create an opportunity, but it does not automatically create permission. The body cam also shows why communication, coordination, and witness interviews matter during an evolving investigation. What do you think? Did officers handle the pursuit and arrest appropriately? 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