what you just witnessed was a crash at
extreme speeds unfortunately for one
occupant it proved deadly what follows
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December 3rd 2021 officers from both the
Solon and Bentleyville Police Department
in Ohio found themselves involved in a
deadly chase the suspect and his
accomplice in the passenger seat were
discovered after police officers
randomly scanned their license plate and
found the vehicle was reported stolen
police reportedly followed the suspects
until they pulled into a group home
driveway according to court documents
this Bentleyville patrol officer quickly
lost track of the stolen vehicle after
they exceeded 80 mph in a 35 mph Zone
the Bentleyville officer then radioed
neighboring departments about the
situation in hopes of capturing the
suspects Solen officers responded
quickly assembling Stop Sticks down the
road reacting quickly officers attempted
to reduce traffic in the area I'm going
to stage in the intersection and block
it off that way uh we don't have a crash
here
it's coming right at you it's got one
headlight he's doing about 80 swerving
in my
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Lane good hit crashed out crashed out
send the squad
radio send a couple
Squad back here here off off off off
off don't move you're going to get P
some officers go to the suspect's car
while others help injured civilians in
the crash the impacted pickup truck hous
an 89-year-old driver and his
85-year-old
wife stand by for
me hold
on oh man I got I'm on blood okay did
this guy come radio got blood thinners
with
I was sitting
there all right let me get something on
there for
you keep your hands where I can see them
hey let me see your
hands hold on stay in the car for
me I don't give
a that's your problem is she okay over
there
this is what you
get hey go to the other side sir would
you please my wife can you check out the
wife on the other
side can you get a cover on him so I can
put him up let's
go let's go hang tight I got people
coming okay okay
where are you
hurt we just shook up yeah okay stay in
the car for me please hold
up he said there's a on the floor in
here on the floor
board don't move I'm
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not are you heard anywhere or just
bleeding oh God I'm just okay just lean
against the car for me so you don't get
dizzy I'm okay okay oh my hey keep your
hands where I can see you
leave as long as you keep them hands
right there where's the gun at don't
Point don't reach for it just tell here
somewhere don't look at it look out that
way keep your hands right there lean
them right down on that car if you have
to but you do not bring him inside that
car are you in pain cover him cover him
cover the driver cover the driver wow
may you should just give up next
time well maybe you should Whack Him in
his head until he stop driving is there
anybody else in this car but you two you
want to have him climb out nobody in the
back says his legs broke yes are you
trapped yes can you move that way you
pull me out I can't move hold on a
minute we're going to check him first
he's got worse
injuries I do he do you're bleeding out
your face I
am I can't step up keep your hands right
here I'm going to help you get out as
soon as they deal with him okay where's
that gun man here if you hop out I'll
get it I'll keep cover I don't see it it
must have bounced I'm going to see if I
can get him out cover him there's a gun
in the car so keep your gun on him okay
he's cuffed but I'm going to try to help
him out of the car cuz he asked if I
could help him climb out do you think
you can move if I help you crawl out my
leg dam look at my le I can't I can't
pull you out I'm just going to hurt you
more oh he could get out his legs broken
Let the Fire Department come and cut
this open okay just breathe in nice and
slow keep your head up here keep talking
to me his leg is all folded up he can't
get out
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either yeah I got him was he trying to
avoid him two in here they're both going
to need cut out the driver may may be
able to get out but his leg's broken did
we get the gun out yet or no no no we
don't know where it's at what's going on
man
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okay Joe M over here she got a better
line of fire keep an eye on both of them
I just hope the other people aren't too
bad I think these guys are probably
going to be all right you still
breathing okay talk to me
man okay I know they're going to take
the top off the car probably and cut you
out they they they got to they got to do
their thing man they got to fire up the
jaws of life and cut you out can I get
the glass on my good I don't even know
in here too got his ID did you get the
wies no she oh yeah she's pretty banged
up wife name Sally Sally yeah according
to Adam she's not good enough to answer
any
questions
right they just one gun so they say if
they could get the driver out I could
try to get the gun out out yeah I'm
saying if the squad gets him out first
driver might be able to get out or we
just pull them out and sit them on the
grass give me a damn C I'll take him out
myself how you doing my name is Dan
we're going to get some tools out we're
going to cut that door we're going to
spr
okay do you see the other drivers the
other people from the other cars see how
bad they are you doing okay don't need a
squad to look at you right now uh yeah
I'm okay I'm just kind of shooken up I
don't think I'm injured how you got hung
up in this I work right here that's
where I was going you might have to take
the day off I think so the male he's got
a couple cuts um he's okay the female
she had some uh I guess some stomach
pain some R pain possibly nothing
lifethreatening though look like it no
no no no they're lucky and these guys
are lucky despite the officer's positive
outlook things would go downhill quickly
for one person involved in the
crash removing gun okay go
ahead keep your hands up I got you Steve
don't reach for that
gun that the only gun on you
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weapon secured where's the other gun at
not another gun guarantee the Press is
going to be all over
it come on let's
go watch
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that all right this is not going to feel
good stand on his left
leg right leg go turn and
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sit right legs BR passenger uh says he's
19 I wonder how this guy
is he's an adult that's what I'm
hoping we got to get it off everything's
getting cut boss there's no way around
I'm sorry our J take care of you
medically
from the airbag she's a little old lady
she was just saying like it's hard to
breathe I got in there as fast as I
could and cut the airbag out
yeah hey Luke when we when they get them
out you got to search
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them yeah shank myself do you have any
neck pain back pain shoulder pain leg
pain that's understandable in your
situation can the cop search his back
before you put him on the back we got a
broken leg just so you know I know
before you moved them your clear back
want to get in there and just check them
as they get them out I have orange
requesting they have a female who
daating that she has a significant other
that was involved in the crash and they
want to know if uh she can come through
no no that's the side radio don't go to
Hill crest anybody that matters has
already gone to hillo
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compound K fit both and this is
definite yeah I feel horrible because I
was going through the intersection this
guy in this truck started to go and I'm
hting lights and Sirens you know he's
still kind of going make eye contact
with
stop the bang bang thing you know they
don't care they don't care no they don't
they're now the only thing I care about
is that they're in pain
idiots idiots no regard for anyone's
safety shortly after the passenger is
taken away from the vehicle officers
begin searching the decimated blue Bo
for evidence is there any weed in
there a little bit yeah it's not even
open or is it open no it is open
okay is a
horrible it might be
interesting hey
Jamie that might be interesting hold
everything cuz they shot a guy during
the process I don't know the condition
all right Jamie said somebody was shot
and the car was taking I'm going to
guess guess that's why they were r that
that mask might have been used guys are
the victim that they shot might not make
it after some investigation officers
discovered the suspects were responsible
for what courts would determine was a
crime spree 5 days prior to the events
shown in this video the suspects
committed crimes that resulted in
roughly four dozen charges between the
two of them this included multiple
counts of Grand Theft Auto aggravated
robbery aggravated theft abduction
attempted murder and felonious assault
the 19-year-old driver of the vehicle
was already going through the court
system for a separate incident that
happened roughly 6 months prior where he
faced 10 different charges related to
drug trafficking and possession
according to news sources and court
documents the suspect was allegedly
caught trafficking fenel related drugs
after he rushed a friend to the hospital
who was suffering from a gunshot wound
this case legally disallowed him from
possessing firearms a factor that would
rack up his sentence for future
incidents suspects obtained the blue for
after they robbed and shot the owner a
23-year-old working a second job as a
GrubHub driver interviews with the
victim indicate the suspects shot him in
the hip and abdomen area even though he
fully complied with all their demands
luckily after emergency surgery he was
able to walk a week later although the
bullets still remained in his hip his
GoFundMe page is still active and can be
found in the description below in court
the main suspect and Driver of the
vehicle J Marlin Romeo Hayes would be
tried for all of his mentioned offenses
on December 15th the court list a
$750,000 bond that was never posted he
alone would face over 30 charges for his
actions and he pled guilty to nearly all
of them likely in hopes of a lighter
sentence however the court applied the
Reagan toes law to several of his
offenses the Reagan toes law refers to a
case where a 21-year-old student who was
abducted raped and murdered in 2017 by a
man on parole this relatively new law
allows the court to extend sentences
beyond what court guidelines recommend
if it is determined the defendant would
be a danger to the public If released on
parole his defense attempted to avoid
the application of this law citing his
mental health issues General lack of
Education a 72 IQ absence of a father
due to prison sentences and that he
allegedly pled guilty to the crimes
during a police interrogation where they
failed to read his Miranda rights they
cited that Hayes was remorseful wished
to utilize prison programs to further an
education and eventually reunite with
his infant
daughter we can't let him
yeah yeah cuz they're going to be in the
wind carjacking people before the day's
out unfortunately for Hayes he was
sentenced to multiple years in prison
for every single one of his guilty
verdicts his longest individual charge
was for an aggravated robbery which was
11 years plus 3 years firearm
specification totaling 14 years if all
of his charges were ran concurrently
meaning he serves multiple sentences
simultaneously that would have been his
full term however he would instead serve
his sentences consecutively meaning one
after the other this resulted in a
verdict of 71 1/2 years in prison
Hayes's defense team argued against this
verdict in court saying Hayes has the
potential to do good the court responded
with quote I hope that is true however
any good you do for a long time to come
will be within the state prison at 20
years old even under the best
circumstances he'll have to serve 85% of
his sentence under Ohio law and won't be
eligible for release until he is 80
according to news sources his accomplice
rontel Dante Parks was sentenced to 18
years in prison prison for his crimes
even more lawsuits continued to rise
from the events in this video according
to news reports the then 89-year-old
driver of the pickup truck is suing the
officers involved in the chase although
his 85-year-old wife was rushed to the
hospital she ultimately succumbed to her
injuries just hours after the crash in
the wrongful death lawsuit he claims
their continuation of the chase their
use of Stop Sticks their disregard for
being in a residential area as school
was being let out and failure to
evacuate citizens from the area caused
the crack that killed his wife whom he
was married to for 65 years it's not
clear if the woman's health conditions
played a role the image here indicates
the pickup safety cage held up well
under the forces of the crash and there
is seemingly no damage to the passenger
side door he is seeking combined damages
of between 25 to
$125,000 that court case is still active
with a trial by jury currently scheduled
on June 3rd
2024 because spike strips yeah it was
because he was going tooo fast and the
road was a little bit wet and he tried
to avoid him yeah I feel horrible
because I was going through the
intersection this guy in this truck make
eye contact tell him to
stop a truly tragic story since
finalizing this video we do have three
updates the first is court records
indicate there were a total of 52
charges filed on those two suspects over
a six-month period many related to
violent crimes or gun violence two the
suspects are not going to be be sued
because there's simply no money there
and number three you might hear stories
about how fatal Pursuits are on the
increase and fatalities did increase in
2021 as crime peaked but fatal Pursuits
are now on the decline as violent crime
is declining in most metros Across
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