What's your name? Oh, step out of the
car. What were you stuffing down there?
Step out of the car. Get out of the
car. He's taking off.
When you get out, get your gun out as
soon as you get out of the car. Shoot
your ass. Show your ass. Put your hands
you mother. When Michigan police respond
to a domestic violence call in the
pre-dawn hours of a Sunday morning, they
don't anticipate how far the
uncooperative suspect will go to escape
the law.
He just tried to hit one of us. The
following report is based on official
police records, and most of the footage
has never been seen before until now.
Please note that all persons charged
with a crime are presumed innocent
unless and until proven guilty in a
court of law. In the early morning hours
of February 25th, 2024, officers in
Sterling Heights, Michigan, respond to a
911 call from a young girl claiming her
mom was assaulted. When asked if the man
responsible is going to fight with
police, the girl simply says maybe. Good
morning.
Morning. Good morning.
Good morning. Hey, how are you? Good.
Good. He He just left in a blue car. I
don't know if y'all seen the blue car. I
know he drove. Yeah, he gone. So, what
happened to me? I was sleep and he uh
ripped my shirt off and he started
fighting her for no reason cuz she was
sleep. And who is it? Who is it to you?
My kid dad. Your kid's dad. So, was he
sleeping in bed with you? No, I was
sleeping on the couch. I was And was he
here tonight? Where is he sleeping? Mhm.
I don't know if he was sleep, but he was
here. Yeah, he here. He He was here and
he just came up fighting and started
grabbing on. Yeah. What What did he do
to you? He ripped my shirt off and stuff
and he hurt and hit her in the nose. He
was drinking. The woman's boyfriend is
36-year-old Gary Young. And the officer
soon learned that there is much more to
the story of what happened here this
morning. Was he choking you?
He choked me when he was sitting right
when he was standing right
there. He told me to shut the up. And
then he put his hands around you. Yeah.
Around your throat. Yeah. Right here.
One hand. Two hands. One. Did you ever
lose the ability to breathe? No. Were
you ever in fear for your life? No. Is
that dad? Yeah. Okay. He was trying to
rob her. Just he was just trying to move
her. He wasn't trying to sit there. He
was just trying to move her. Okay.
So, was he upset he wasn't getting
intercourse tonight? Is that what it
was? Probably was. Okay. And he's never
done anything like this before. No. As
the police inside ask questions, K9
officer James Scribbnak notices a blue
car go by the house that matches the
description of what Gary is driving.
Together with several other officers, he
follows the car and makes the stop. Blue
Compass 15 and Maple Lane. Gary quickly
pulls over into an apartment complex.
But if this would seem to suggest that
he'll be cooperative, the police are
about to find out that nothing could be
further from the truth. Put your hands
out the
window. Put your hands out the
window. Put your hands out the window.
Put your hand quit reaching around. Put
your hands out the window.
What were you stuffing down there?
What did y'all know? What's your name?
What I did? What's your name?
What's the problem? Step out of the car.
Step out of the car. What's the problem?
Step out of the car. No. For what?
What's your name? No. Step out of the
car. What were you stuffing down there?
Step out of the car. Nothing. What?
That's going to turn into a chase.
Step out of the car. But what? Give me
your ID.
Get out of the car. As Gary repeatedly
ignores the officer's commands, it's not
long before the tension reaches a
breaking point. Quit reaching around.
I'm not giving y'all nothing. Stop
reaching around.
21 100 cooperative here. Watch out.
Watch out. Watch out.
[Music]
[Applause]
21. You guys need
He's taking off. He ran over our sticks.
Uh, right back. Tires flat. Gary races
around the other side of the parking lot
to make an audacious escape. Only a few
feet away from a nearby officer.
He just tried to hit one of us. News of
this shocking development makes its way
back to the house where officer Jack
Curry is still with the victim.
Go 21. Be advised he was stuffing stuff
under the seat.
[Music]
Just be advised, he's probably going to
lose control here. He almost went
head-on with another car. Uh that tire
is starting to
[Music]
go. He's on the rim on that rear tire.
Uh swerving all over the place. We're
still eastbound speeds of 90. Passing
haze. Gary is considerate enough to use
his turn signal as the chase continues,
giving officer a chance to warn his dog,
who will play a major role in this
conflict before the morning is through.
Hang on,
Dusty. Keep going. Keep going. Get on
the gas. Keep going.
You get out. Get your gun out as soon as
you get out of the car. Do you
understand? Gary soon reaches the I94
on-ramp, but his attempt to jump on the
interstate results in the most intense
moment of the chase yet.
[Music]
Put in drive. Let's go. Put in drive.
Drop the curb. Drop the curb. All right.
He's still trying to get away here.
We're working on it. All right. Careful
cuz he's pointing right at us.
Try try getting over there boxman a
little bit. Don't let him hit us though.
Don't let him hit us.
[Music]
West, east, north, south.
Come on.
[Music]
All right, he just popped two front
tires, so this should be ending soon.
After a 13-mile chase across the city,
Gary's flight from the police winds
down. But the end of the pursuit is just
the beginning of a fierce showdown.
Shoot your hands. Put your hands up.
I'll shoot you, mother.
Get your hands
out,
mother. Come on,
dog. Coming through.
Oh my god. Taser. Taser. Taser. Taser.
Taser. Taser.
Taser. Taser. Taser. Oh, taser. Taser.
Taser. Watch out. Watch out. Watch out.
Watch out. Watch out. Watch out.
Oh. Oh. Behind your back. Put your hands
behind your back. Oh my
god. Mother. You just kicked him in the
head. Behind your back. Get him. Get
him. Get him. Get him. Get him. Get him.
Get him. Got one. Got one. Get another
hand. Oh my god. Get in your hand, you
piece of
Okay.
Shut the up, dude.
Stop touching up your arm, dude. I'm
not. Yeah, you are. I will break you.
Stop.
[Music]
Want to go? After nearly 2 minutes of
struggle, the police secure their
suspect in handcuffs. As they march Gary
to a patrol car, the officers check on
each other's well-being. You
good?
Yeah. You all right? Yeah. I might have
broken my hand. We'll see. You all
right? Come here. Nice job, buddy. Good
job. You okay? But if the police seem to
be more or less intact following the
arrest, the same can't necessarily be
said for Gary. Do you know my lawyer?
Well, you'll be Yeah, you can call your
lawyer at jail. Yeah, I will. Blake
Right. His name Blake Wright. I will I
will I'm going to remove these. I ain't
worried about I got loyalty.
Y'all is not about to beat on me either.
I swear to God. You guys got attacked.
Oh yeah, I got attacked. Listen, I'm
going to need you to turn your body a
little bit. Okay, turn your body. I'm
going to do that with handcuffs. This
way. Turn. Come on, man. Stop playing
games. We play enough games. I'm turning
to the side, man. Act like an adult.
What you have? I am acting like an
adult. Turn. I
can't. No. N. All right. All right. All
right.
All right. Do you feel like there's
anything else on your chest probe wise?
No. Cuz I don't see any other ones. No,
it's on the side of my hip. He's by my
side of your
hip. My chest. Is it like uh I said my
hip down here. I'm bleeding. That hurt.
That is hurting. I don't see any other
pros. I Man, whatever, bro. My hurting.
I'm not You let the dog You let the dog
bite me, mother. Get back in. Is you
talking about
Jeez. Uh, yeah. I'm not totally sure if
he's going to need stitches or not. Gary
may be I rateate about his arrest, but
the officer seems satisfied that it was
a job well done. Everyone backed off and
I placed him on a bike cuz he he wasn't
giving up. I don't think he did.
I don't know how many times faced him.
I mean,
enough. Yeah. I didn't know he wasn't
stopping. He definitely wasn't stopping.
The smiles and laughs don't necessarily
extend to Gary. However, I'm just trying
to ask a question. Okay. What do you
want? I'm just trying to see. Listen.
I Okay. You're under arrest for domestic
violence. fleeing a lude assault on a
police officer resisting arrest. Hey,
no. With their suspect tucked away, the
officers search the vehicle and although
the car isn't registered to Gary Young,
they find a few interesting items
inside. Got some uh pepper spray over
here. Oh, what the That is filled with
liquid. That's weird. It's probably some
like weird herbal that was in from
whoever actually owns the car. It's one
way to up somebody's car that's not
yours. You're not going to be happy
about that. The officers decide to take
Gary straight to jail and let the office
staff there decide whether he should go
to the hospital for his injuries. On the
way, Gary questions his charges.
Domestic violence? How did that go?
Domestic violence?
Yeah. Like you ain't put your hand on
the woman or nothing.
Well, you could have told us your side
of the story, but instead you ran and
then you resisted arrest and then you
assaulted the police officer. So, right
now, domestic violence is just the
misdemeanor and you're being charged
with three additional felonies.
You kicked my partner in his face.
It's all on body cam.
Okay. Well, when you get a lawyer, he
can fire that footage. Gary's skepticism
about his charges is second only to his
outrage over the way he was arrested.
Y'all knew that dog was crazy. Dog was
crazy. You don't like the dog? Oh, yeah.
I can't ask the dog if he's crazy or
not. Y'all could have stopped you. Well,
you could have stopped resisting. I beat
me in my side of my hip. In the side of
your what? My hip. Well, that's probably
the nicest place to get bit. What?
That's probably the nicest place to get
bit.
I think it's fun. No, really. I would.
Your beast hanging out there. You
probably wanted to get bit there. You
ain't here. You a sergeant. You ain't no
sergeant. You probably get there in a
couple
years. Weak as hell. Hey, just so you
know. Just so you know. Little piece of
information for you. You can't go back
to your house. I don't care. Okay.
I got houses.
Yeah, I'm sure you do. At last, they
arrive at the jail where Officer Curry
tells the staff what to expect from
Gary, whose toxicology report, according
to police, shows his blood alcohol level
at twice the legal limit. He just ran
and fought with us, and now he's saying
all the, "Oh, wait till these handcuffs
come off and all that." So, what's his
name? Gary. Gary. Gary. Doesn't even
matter. Yeah. Gary doesn't put up a
fight, however. And it's decided before
long that he should go to the hospital
to get his injuries checked out. Look,
look at this. Look. Just hold it just
like that. Yeah. Take them pictures.
That's what I'm doing. Yeah. Get close.
I thought he was arrested. That's not
That's not on him or anything. That's
not rescue. Like I should have shot.
Though originally facing eight charges,
including domestic violence, 36-year-old
Gary Young plead guilty to only three,
fleeing and eluding, operating while
intoxicated, and resisting arrest. The
other charges were dismissed, and Gary
was sentenced to 30 days in jail,
impulse control classes, 60 days of
community service, and 3 years of
probation. They punch me and beat me. I
ain't do to them officers. I never kick
no dog, no nothing. Put it on tape. Let
me see it. In October 2024, the Michigan
Attorney General filed charges against
Sterling Heights officers Jack Curry and
James Shriiaak for their role in Gary
Young's arrest, saying, quote,
"Deploying a K-9 on a suspect already on
the ground and well surrounded by
officers is not only horrific, but
illegal. Both officers are facing two
felony charges of misconduct in public
office and assault with a dangerous
weapon. Their cases are still ongoing.