Cop saves suicidal woman from jumping off bridge
/ dashcam video of police car following suicidal woman in car on road toward bridge / woman stops car on bridge and tries to get out as police officer grabs her, other officers arrive to help calm woman and prevent her from jumping off bridge. Cop saves suicidal woman from jumping off bridge on February 16, 2006 in Orange County, Texas (Footage by Getty Images)
BORDER PATROL CHASE - 2006
Texas Governor Rick Perry says he will not wait for the Federal Gov't to protect the state's border and compelling videotape supports his urgency. In this DPS video you can see just how bold drug smugglers are. Officers chase this black SUV for miles before pulling the suspect over. Just as he blows a tire... he holds his gun out the window. Officers say this is just one example of what they deal with every day. Perry says protecting the border is Washington's responsibility... but the waiting is over.
SUV CLIPS CRUISER 2006
A DRIVER IS CAUGHT ON TAPE HITTING A POLICE OFFICER'S PATROL CAR AND THEN DRIVING OFF!
DRUG INDUCED CRIME SPREE - 2006
A high-speed chase earlier this week in West Texas lands a 20 year old behind bars. Selestino Hernandez is locked up on a $57,000 bond after leading Midland police on a chase through town. He faces numerous charges for what police are calling a "drug-induced crime spree" that started with a theft of a car and property. Hernandez was swerving across both lanes and police believe he may have been on crack cocaine. They say it's a miracle no one was hurt. The chase went through three counties and finally ended when police used spike strips and spun the suspect's vehicle out.
ICY ROADSIDE CLOSE CALL (2006)
AFTER HITTING A PATCH OF ICE, A PICKUP TRUCK ROLLED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND THE ENTIRE ENSUING ROLLOVER WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA! AMAZINGLY, THE WOMAN DRIVING THE OUT OF CONTROL TRUCK ONLY SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.
A POLICE CHASE WITH PRINCIPAL 2006
A RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WAS ARRESTED FOR LEADING COPS ON A CHASE THROUGH EAST BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS BEFORE CRASHING INTO TWO CARS. PRINCIPAL RICHARD GALVAN, AGE 45, WAS ARRESTED ON ONE COUNT OF EVADING ARREST, THREE COUNTS OF INTOXICATED ASSAULT AND ONE COUNT OF DRIVING WITH AN INVALID LICENSE. GALVAN HAS BEEN A PRINCIPAL FOR TEN YEARS AND HE HAS BEEN PLACED ON SUSPENSION FROM HIS JOB UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.
BLACK PICKUP ROLLOVER CHASE 2006
GOOD SHORT HIGH SPEED CHASE THAT ENDS WHEN A BLACK PICKUP TRUCK DOES A NICE BARRELL ROLL!
CITY APPOINTEE SLAMS INTO POLICE CAR - (2006)
A FRISCO, TEXAS CITY APPOINTEE IS ACCUSED OF SLAMMING HER CAR INTO A POLICE SQUAD CAR AND A DASHCAM CAUGHT THE IMPACT ON TAPE AS WELL AS THE OFFICER'S REACTION TO THE DAMAGE. FRISCO COPS PULLED GERALYN KAMINSKY OVER FOR DRUNK DRIVING AND SHE HIT THE GAS INSTEAD OF THE BRAKES AND HIT THE OFFICER'S CAR.
54 tickets in one night chase! (2006)
HE GOT 54 TICKETS IN ONE NIGHT - ALL FOR HIS PART IN A CHASE WITH AN EAST TEXAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. SUSPECT LED POLICE ON A CHASE FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS! THE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER THE MAN AFTER MAKING AN IMPROPER RIGHT TURN. BUT THE DRIVER DID NOT STOP AND THE CHASE WAS ON. IT ENDED SHORTLY AFTER POLICE USED STOP STICKS OR SPIKES WERE DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER KEPT GOING EVEN WITH FLAT TIRES BUT DIDN'T GET TOO FAR. SUSPECT IS STANLEY TILLEY, A 43-YEAR OLD. TILLEY CLAIMS HE WAS JUST LOOKING FOR A GOOD WELL LIT PLACE TO PULL OVER, BUT COPS AREN'T BUYING IT SINCE IT TOOK HIM NEARLY ONE AND A HALF HOURS TO DO SO! TILLEY WAS ON FEDERAL PROBATION FOR DRUG CHARGES AT THE TIME OF THE CHASE. TILLEY WAS TAKEN TO THE CHEROKEE COUNTY JAIL WHERE HE BONDED OUT. BUT THE 54-TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS WILL NO DOUBT BE HARD TO SHAKE.
TRAFFIC STOP A DRAG FOR COP 2006
POLICE RELEASED DRAMATIC DASHCAM VIDEO OF AN OFFICER DRAGGED ABOUT 200 YARDS DURING A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP GONE WRONG. OFFICER RECCUS JONES STOPPED A MOTORIST AND WHEN HE COULDN'T PRODUCE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, THE DRIVER TOOK OFF AND OFFICER JONES WAS STILL HANGING ON. HE WAS TREATED FOR A SEVERE CONCUSSION ALONG WITH MULTIPLE CUTS AND BRUISES. THE SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED LATER THAT NIGHT.
OFFICIAL CLIPS COP WITH CAR (2006)
A STATE TROOPER WAS HURT AFTER A CAR DRIVEN BY A MAURY COUNTY COMMISSIONER SIDESWIPED HIS CRUISER WHILE IT WAS STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER. TROOPER JEFF REED HAD JUST PULLED OVER A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER AND WAS FILLING OUT PAPERWORK IN HIS CAR WHEN THE PASSING TRUCK HIT HIM AND BOUNCED OFF. REED WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A SHOULDER INJURY. TOM PRIMM WAS CITED FOR VIOLATION OF A NEW "MOVE-oVER" LAW WHICH REQUIRES TRAFFIC TO MERGE AWAY FROM EMERGENCY VEHICLES ON THE SHOULDER. HE COULD FACE A FINE OF UP TO $500.
TASED OVER A TAIL LIGHT 2006
THREE OFFICERS ARE FACING A FEDERAL LAWSUIT FOR USING EXCESSIVE FORCE AND CONSPIRACY TO COVER UP A JULY INCIDENT. VICTIM L J MC CALLAN WAS PULLED OVER BY OFFICER MARSH BLACKMORE FOR HAVING A BROKEN BRAKE LIGHT. POLICE SAY THE OFFICER ASKED MCCALLAN TO GET OUT OF HIS CAR AND WHEN HE DIDN'T RIGHT AWAY, THEY TASED HIM. ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT THE OFFICER HIT THE VICTIM WITH THE TASER FOR 6 MINUTES.
HORNY WOMAN DUI - 2006
HILARIOUS PIECE OF TAPE! WOMAN VIDEOTAPED IN THE BACK OF A SQUAD CAR AFTER A DUI ARREST GIVE AWAY WAY TOO MUCH INFO TO OFFICER. AMONG OTHER THINGS, SHE ADMITS SHE HASN'T HAD SEX IN OVER TEN YEARS AND ASKS THE OFFICER FOR A CONDOM! SHE EVEN BUMPS HER HEAD INTO THE GLASS PARTITION OF THE CAR.
TEXAS DASHCAM CHASE 2006
SUSPECT LEADS COPS ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE AFTER A STRING OF CRIMES THAT STARTED WITH A CAR THEFT. THE SUSPECT WAS SWERVING ACROSS BOTH LANES AND COPS BELIEVE HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON CRACK COCAINE. THE CHASE ENDED WHEN POLICE DEPLOYED SPIKE STRIPS CAUSING THE RUNAWAY CAR TO SPIN OUT.
kidnap kid's prayers answered dashcam chase 2006
AFTER SUSPECT JEREMIAH SEXTON CRASHED HIS CAR INTO A MINIVAN DURING A HIGH SPEED CHASE, COPS ORDERED HIM TO THE GROUND. THAT'S WHEN A NAKED 9-YEAR OLD GIRL CLOMBED OUT OF THE DRIVER'S DOOR PARTIALLY COVERED WITH A COAT.THE YOUNG GIRL TOLD POLICE SHE HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR ANGELS TO PROTECT HER. SEXTON WAS FOUND GUILTY ON THREE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED SEXUALL ASSAULT AND ONE COUNT OF KIDNAPPING AFTER THE ORDEAL. THE GIRL WAS GRABBED BY SEXTON AS SHE WALKED TO SCHOOL. SEXTON CHOKED HER AND SAID HE WOULD KILL HE IF SHE DIDN'T COMPLY WITH HIS SEXUAL REQUESTS. COPS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT SEXTON WAS WITH A PROSTITUTE AND A CHASE BEGAN WHEN THEY SAW HIM THROW THE GIRL INTO HIS HONDA. THIS GIRL IS NOT THE FIRST SEXTON HAS ASSAULTED AS MANY OTHER VICTIMS TESTIFIED IN THE CASE TO BEING VILLATED BY HIM.
BUS STOP COP ABUSE 2006
A COP IS IN HOT WATER STEMMING FROM EXCESSIVE FORCE CHARGES. THE OFFICER IN QUESTION APPROACHED A MAN WHO WAS SLEEPING AT A BUS STOP. NO ONE KNEW IF HE WAS SLEEPING OR PASSED OUT DRUNK. TURNS OUT THE MAN IS CLASSIFIED AS "MENTALLY RETARDED". WHEN THE MAN WOULDN'T RESPOND TO THE OFFICER VERBALLY TRYING TO WAKE HIM, THE OFFICER SHOOK HIM AND THEN THE MAN STOOD UP. AT THIS POINT THE COP STARTS BEATING ON HIM WITH HIS BATON CLAIMING HE WAS RESISTING HIM. THE OFFICER HIT THE MAN IN THE FACE AND LEGS AND BROKE HIS NOSE. THE WHOLE THING WAS CAUGHT ON DASHCAM.
GUY STEALS CAR WITH KID IN THE BACK!! 2006
A mother is reunited with her son, after a man stole her car with the eight-year-old inside. It happened Wednesday morning in Donna. Police say a woman left her car running with her son inside. When she came back, the car and child were gone. Donna Police Chief Ram De Leon tells us police got a call about the carjacking and then an officer spotted the suspect. Dash cam video shows the man drive into a muddy field on Hutto and South Avenue, where he got stuck. Police say the driver tried to bail but eventually gave up. Officers say the eight-year-old was about to get out of the car, but they told him to stay put. "The child was shook up," recalls the police chief. Officers arrested the carjacker. The dash cam video shows the boy's mother struggle to reach her son through the muddy field. Chief De Leon says, "It's a good thing this woman had a positive ending to her story. We returned her kid safe and sound." There's no word yet on why the woman was targeted. The suspect faces multiple charges, from auto theft to evading arrest and endangering a child
SUSPECT RAMS POLICE CAR IN REVERSE 2006
Video from Officer Larry Smith's patrol car shows the fleeing motorist stop on Farm to Market Road 1793, put his car in reverse and head toward the officer's car. The officer started backing up, but the suspect slammed into the front of the patrol car. The patrol car was knocked out of commission. Police said Smith shot at the suspect but missed. The suspect sped off and eventually ditched the car and fled into woods. Officers converged on the area but could not find him. Wanted in the incident is 25-year-old Christopher Cash Clark of Marshall. Police said the chase started with a report of a suspicious person on U.S. 59 north of downtown. Police spotted a car being driven recklessly and gave chase. During part of the chase, the fleeing motorist began driving the wrong way on U.S. 59.
COP'S AMAZING BRIDGE SAVE (2006)
AN ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY IS BEING HAILED AS A HERO AFTER HE SAVED A WOMAN'S LIFE. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE WOMAN CALLED HER HUSBAND AT WORK TO TELL HIM SHE WAS GOING TO KILL HERSELF BY JUMPING OFF A BRIDGE. THE MAN QUICKLY CALLED 911 AND DISPATCHERS WITH THE BRIDGE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUED AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE HER VEHICLE. A DEPUTY WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY LOCATE THE WOMAN ON HER WAY TO THE RAINBOW BRIDGE. THE WOMAN WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HER HUSBAND AS THE DEPUTY WAS PURSING HER AND TOLD HIM SHE WAS NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL SHE REACHED THE TOP OF THE RAINBOW BRIDGE. THE DASHCAM VIDEO SHOWS THE DEPUTY WHO TRIED TO PIN THE SOMAN'S DRIVER'S SIDE CAR DOOR AS THEY REACHED THE TOP OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY'S CAR. THE VIDEO SHOWS THE WOMAN GETTING OUT OF HER CAR. THE DEPUTY THEN APPROACHES THE WOMAN AND QUICKLY TACKLES HER FEFORE SHE CAN JUMP. THE IMAGE SHOWN ABOVE IS A SCREEN CAPTURE JUST A FEW FRAMES BEFORE THE WOMAN IS TACKLED INTO HER CAR. THE DEPUTY EXPLAINS THAT, BEYOND THE EYE OF THE CAMERA, THE WOMAN WAS TRYING TO PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE AND SPEED AWAY. SHE STOPPED ONCE THE DEPUTY THREATENED TO USE HIS PEPPER SPRAY ON HER. A SECOND OFFICIAL WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARRIVED TO HELP CALM THE WOMAN DOWN. SHE WAS ARRESTED AND PLACED INTO THE CUSTODY OF ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
OFFICER SLAMS INTO TURNING TRUCK (2006)
Dramatic footage of a chase of a white pickup truck where suspect was wanted for robbery. Four minutes into the chase the police car hits a truck turning in front of him into a driveway.
COP MAKES HOUSE CALL ON ROBBERY 2006
GUYS ARE ATTEMPTING TO ROB A CELL PHONE STORE AND POLICE DROP BY TO CATCH THEM IN THE ACT. WHEN THE GUYS TRY TO ESCAPE POLICE SHOOT THEIR TIRES OUT, BUT THE CHASE STARTS UP ANYWAY.
MAN CARJACKS VEHICLE WITH CHILD INSIDE (2006)
MAN LEADS POLICE ON A WILD CHASE AFTER CARJACKING A CAR WITH A YOUNG BOY INSIDE. THE MOTHER OF THE 8-YEAR-OLD BOY HAD LEFT HER SON ASLEEP IN THE BACK SEAT OF HER CAR WITH THE KEYS STILL IN THE IGNITION, WHILE SHE VISITED A RELATIVE. WHEN SHE RETURNED, SHE SAW A MAN JUMPING INTO HER CAR. POLICE DASH CAM FOOTAGE CATCHES THE ENSUING CHASE. DURING THE RIDE, POLICE SAY THE CHILD THAT WAS IN THE BACK SEAT WAS THROWN INTO THE FRONT SEAT AND HIS FACE CRASHED INTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE SUSPECT EVENTUALLY SURRENDERED AFTER GETTING STUCK IN THE MUD. ALFREDO TERVIONO WAS CHARGED WITH EVADING ARREST, ENDANGERING A CHILD AND INJURY TO A CHILD. TREVINO HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL AND SAID HE WAS JUST LOOKING FOR A RIDE HOME.
SUSPECT LOSES SNEAKERS CHASE 2006
A man police say tried to drive away from them after being stopped for speeding was convicted Thursday of evading arrest and possession of cocaine and PCP with intent to deliver. Seneka Deray Johnson, 23, was sentenced to 40 years in prison and $4,000 in fines for each of the two drug offenses, and to two years in jail and a $2,000 fine for evading arrest. Williamson County Sheriffs deputies said they tried to stop Johnson on April 25, 2006, for speeding in a neighborhood near Westwood High School in the Anderson Mill area, but Johnson tried to evade the deputies' car. A passenger in Johnson's van leaped out, but Johnson kept driving. In the 9500 block of Meadowheath Drive, deputies said Johnson also leaped out of his van. The van kept moving and struck another vehicle and a tree. Johnson stumbled and was struck by the pursuing deputy's car as he tried to stop. The incident was captured on dashcam video. A purple "Crown Royal" bag Johnson was carrying as he leaped from the van was recovered, and deputies found the drugs inside it. Johnson pleaded not guilty to the charges. He had previously been arrested and incarcerated, both as a juvenile and an adult, for drug and evading offenses.
CHASING SHOOTING ROBBER 2006
Police locate a white pickup truck wanted in a robbery case and tail him. Out of nowhere the driver of the truck starts shooting at the police. The officer being shot at continued the chase regardless and crashed into a truck that cut him off. that crash is on police dashcam. the suspect ended up surrendering after driving his car into some water. suspect was charged with attempted capital murder and aggravated robbery.