on September 4th 2022 a Chamblee police officer successfully apprehended a hit-and-run suspect who was attempting to flee the scene of an accident in Atlanta Georgia the officer was on a routine Patrol when a concerned citizen flagged him down and pointed out the suspect who had just fled the accident site acting swiftly the officer immediately began pursuing the suspect on foot determined to bring him to Justice after a short chase the officer managed to catch up with the suspect and swiftly placed him under arrest stop [Music] [Music] foreign if you will just get out of the playground get back in the parking area okay move your car back to the parking area okay come on sit up sit up sit up sit up sit up you ready to get up come on get up up [Music] okay [Applause] come on hey we just got started it's too early for this why you help me out [Music] do my favorite I got you I need somebody to go check on me the other drivers okay okay pull your car [Music] right here right where all right I'm laying glass no no no Guatemala yeah Modelo no Corona huh uh Bueno yeah why you run come on why you are maybe not oh maybe no okay [Music] you dry no no okay come on I already hit him you wanna do it again huh ah gracious I'm gonna drive over here I'm gonna drive to you okay yep was you in the ball no did you see what happened what happened just stand by for a minute okay all right everybody you know you're good you just put them in the car how you doing what did you see I don't see what did you see over here all right how you doing I'm good Ortiz okay nice to meet you nice to meet you too I was driving it was coming out from dressing dressing code or whatever I saw you going he was going towards plaster so when he's he was in the Stop and a taxi driver was coming down and he went stop in the in the stop fire and the steps are he stopped and the taxi driver was gonna go and of course the guy hit him in the door okay so the taxi driver was on plaster Road or orange Blaster coming from Buford because he was going straight yeah okay stop stop sign this guy stopped right here when he was gonna go he where's the guys hit it in the door and stay right there and then he tried to back it up and he's banging really hard hit him again hit it again twice twice twice and uh the guy came out from the car the taxi driver he was trying to take him out he was trying to do it that way don't hit it again uh drunk who's wrong yeah I think so I didn't look like where what car was he driving uh it was a SUV what color I think it was grade or blocks where's the SUV over there in the accident so he left the car yes sir was anybody in the car with him no no no sir he was in the car by himself yes so what happened after he tried to get him out of the car well he tried to get it out of the car he started running he got out of the car yeah he got out of the car and started running this way okay and uh I started following him and I called 9-1-1 St John got you and uh when I was saw you in the Stop and I told you listen that's the guy before the accident I understood yeah buddy yes sir can I see please absolutely yes you Notepad I appreciate you for standing by and flagging me down hey I always try to help him yeah oh yeah thank you sir thank you again Romeo uniform Victor seven three six three hi Texas driver English 2008. this way yeah twice plus okay hurt you hurt them sure do you drive any passengers no nobody in the car okay ambulance you want an ambulance do you want ambulance paramedic Hospital doctor doctor you doctor do you want to go see doctor no English all right doctor the hospital hospital no no no no okay the hit and run suspect now faced serious charges including hit and run driving without a valid license and obstruction of law enforcement officers [Music] all right he's going to jail um speak English okay I don't have a shirt that on the phone you got to try to you gotta try to help what is it you need what do you need he's going to jail yes okay the car is getting towed is the car your car your car yes is it registered to you uh the Lion's house no the tag is the tag in your name my name the tag the tag on the car okay is this tag to your name um no okay I don't know if if this tag is not your name again so let's go to tow truck it's Brown and Brown okay any more questions um yes uh um others um he's going to DeKalb County Jail yes DeKalb County Jail they called DeKalb County Jail