A DENTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY'S CAR WENT UP IN FLAMES AFTER BEING REAR-ENDED FROM BEHIND BY A FORD F-150 TRUCK. THE ACCIDENT RUPTURED THE CAR'S FUEL TANK - A 2003 CROWN VICTORIA. THE CRUISER TURNED INTO A FIREBALL. THE CAR HAD BEEN RETROFITTED WITH PLASTIC SHIELDS TO PREVENT JUST THIS SORT OF ACCIDENTS. THE COPS ESCAPED MAJOR INJURY BUT DID SUSTAIN SOME BURNS.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Dramatic video shows speed may have been a big factor in the crash of a police car three weeks ago. Dashboard camera footage shows the officer was going 100 miles-an-hour before he lost control. Officer T. Horne was on his way to help another officer, who had arrived at a call and wasn't answering his radio. The video shows the view from the patrol car's dashboard heading east on Bridge Street zipping through red lights and around other cars. Notice the number in the bottom right corner, that's the officer's speed. It shows he got up to 99 miles-per-hour as he approached a group of cars, then, slowed down briefly to get around them then, speeded back up again. Moments later, as he was about to pass another car on his right, he topped out at 100 when he lost control on a hill. The camera kept rolling until the end. This is what it looked like afterwards. The patrol car, overturned. Officer Horne was rushed to a hospital, but incredibly, was not seriously injured. There are no policies limiting how fast officers can drive on the way to an emergency. But police say they'll review the accident to see if the officer was at fault. If so, he faces some kind of discipline.Police Report:"Unit #1 was responding code 3 to an emergency call. Unit #1 was traveling E/B in the 6500 block of Bridge. Unit #1 swerved to the left to avoid a motor vehicle that was in lane #2 of E/B bidge. Unit #1 lost control and began sliding to the left and then compensated back to the right. Unit #1 slide to the right and struck the south curb line and went airborne. Unit #1 then struck a utility light pole."

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Fort Worth Police officers K.A. Williams and V.W. Brown were dispatched on Robbery to 1670 Eastchase Pkwy. (Burger King). While en route to the scene, Suspect’s vehicle was observed West bound on East freeway. Suspect waspursued by Ofcrs. and crashed into another vehicle on the ramp onto a highway. Suspect was arrested for robbery and eluding. Suspect: John Fain - DOB: 12/17/1963

POLICE LOCATE A TRUCK MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF A STOLEN PICKUP AND TRACK IT DOWN IN TEXAS. THEY CHASE THE TRUCK AS IT WEAVES AND BOBS THROUGH THE HIGHWAYS AND SOME RURAL ROADWAYS. EVENTUALLY SUSPECT JOSE ANTONIO GARCIA SURRENDERS TO POLICE AND THE INCIDENT HAS A QUIET ENDING.

January 10, 2007, just shortly before 7 a.m., Fort Worth Police responded to a call at the Wilshire West Apartments, located at 3000 Las Vegas Trail in west Fort Worth, after the vehicle owner relayed that someone had just stolen his car. A stolen vehicle broadcast was sent out and while officers were in route to the scene, one officer spotted the stolen 1999 White Chevy Monte Carlo driving east at 7500 Camp Bowie W. Blvd. The officer turned around and attempted to verify that the license plate on the car matched the earlier broadcast. The suspect driver, later identified as GRACIELA O. Miller, a black female, 19 years of age, (mug shot attached) continued traveling east on Camp Bowie and began to flee from police after officers' attempted to stop the stolen car.A short pursuit ensued, which lasted approximately 2 minutes, until the chase terminated when the suspect lost control of the stolen car and skidded “backwards” into the side of the Uncle Julio's Restaurant, located at 5200 Camp Bowie. Police took the suspect into custody without further incident. No other passengers were found inside the stolen car. The suspect did sustain minor injuries, as a result of the crash, and was transported to John Peter Smith Hospital for treatment. After the suspect was released from medical treatment, she was then transported to jail where she faces felony charges, including: Evading Police in a Vehicle and Auto Theft, plus local traffic warrants.No one else was injured in this incident and no other vehicle collisions were reported in association with this fleeing vehicle.In the aftermath, police interviewed the owner of the vehicle and learned that he had gone outside of his apartment and started the car to warm it up. The owner did have a second set of keys to the car and locked the door, but left the car running and unattended. After the owner went back inside of his apartment, the suspect came along and took advantage of the opportunity to steal the car.Police remind vehicle owners that it is unlawful in the State of Texas to leave your keys inside of the car, even if you lock the car and have another set.

POLICE RESPOND TO A BURGLARY CALL AT A TEXAS BURGER KING RESTAURANT. ON THE WAY TO THE SCENE THEY FIND THE SUSPECT FLEEING AND A HIGH SPEED CHASE IS ON UNTIL THE COPS EVENTUALLY ARE ABLE TO STOP AND ARREST SUSPECT JOHN FAIN.

An off-duty Fort Worth police officer was arrested Thursday for allegedly driving while intoxicated in Keller. And dash cam video captured his reaction to being caught.In the video, 29-year-old Evangelin Carr says, “I am gonna cooperate. I don’t want to lose my job.”Keller officers stopped Carr at about 3 a.m. in the 300 block of Bear Creek Parkway for failing to use a turn signal. They gave him a field sobriety test after smelling alcohol.“I don’t want to lose my job, man! Am I drunk? You tell me. Please tell me I'm drunk right now.” Carr continues.Carr becomes agitated after he fails the test. He struggles with the Keller officers when they try to handcuff him.“Are you really going to arrest a fellow officer? Is that really going to happen,” he asks.Fort Worth police Sgt. Pedro Criado said Carr is now on restrictive duty and faces possible disciplinary action pending an internal affairs investigation.“Officer Carr’s actions that he exhibited on the night of his arrest are most definitely not in keeping with nor do they reflect the professionalism of a Fort Worth police officer,” Criado said.Carr has been a member of the Fort Worth police force since 2007.

Police officials are lauding two patrol officers who rescued a man from a flaming sports utility vehicle last week on Interstate 35W in south Forth Worth. Images of the rescue were released Tuesday. The footage was captured by a dash camera video from a patrol car, said Lt. Paul Henderson, police spokesman. The rollover accident was reported 1:15 a.m. Feb. 11 in the 9300 block of I-35W, between its intersections with Everman Parkway and West Risinger Road. A 1994 GMC Yukon lost control, hit a concrete barrier and rolled, according to police reports. Smoke was pouring from the SUV as Officers Adam Coleman and Victor Tapia arrived, Henderson said. "As officers approached, they realized that the driver was still inside the vehicle behind the wheel," said Henderson. "The Yukon burst into flames as (the officers) risked their lives by entering the burning vehicle and pulling the man to safety." The driver, identified as Kane Gonzalez of Cleburne, was taken by ambulance to John Peter Smith Hospital, Henderson said. His medical condition was unavailable a week later. He could not be reached for comment. Henderson said the video is dramatic. "After the rescue you can see the officers crouching to the ground, apparently trying to recover from the heat and the smoke," Henderson said. He said he did not release the video earlier because the accident initially sounded like a routine single-vehicle wreck, and he did not see the video until Friday. "Police officers nationwide risk their lives daily,'' he said. "and this is a shining example of bravery in the face of imminent danger shown by these two outstanding officers of the Fort Worth Police Department."

A 36-year-old Fort Worth man was sentenced to 40 years in prison after a Parker County jury found him guilty of aggravated assault on a public servant.Jorge Castillo Zulayka tried to run over a Weatherford police officer August 31, 2005, jurors concluded Wednesday in the 415th District Court in Weatherford. Visiting Judge R.E. Thornton assessed the sentence after a short punishment hearing.Zulayka earlier pled guilty to evading arrest with a vehicle and felon in possession of a firearm, which stemmed from the same criminal episode but carried lesser sentences, said Assistant District Attorney Jeff Swain.Swain and Assistant District Attorney Robert DuBoise tried the case for the prosecution.Zulayka was sentenced to 20 years in prison each on the evading arrest and weapons charges after a second brief punishment hearing Wednesday, Swain said.He added that sentences from all three cases were increased due to Zulayka’s prior felony convictions for two felony thefts and a drug offense.The incident began during a WPD traffic stop on Bankhead Highway, when Zulayka refused to get out of the car, Swain said.According to trial testimony, Zulayka drove away while an officer was leaning into the car trying to remove the keys from the ignition. Officers pursued Zulayka east on Fort Worth Highway into Hudson Oaks, through a Wal-mart parking lot, and onto Interstate 20 heading west.Weatherford Police Officer Tommy Taylor deployed a spike system on the side of the interstate to puncture Zulayka’s tires and end the pursuit. However, according to prosecution witnesses and a video played during the trial, Zulayka passed two cars on the right shoulder of the interstate, turned sharply to the left and nearly struck Taylor.“If Officer Taylor didn’t backpedal quickly at just the right time, he wouldn’t have been here to testify and we would have been prosecuting a capital murder case,” Swain said. “The defendant drove right over the spot that Officer Taylor was in to start with. They are both very lucky that he moved when he did.”However, Zulayka’s vehicle also ran over the spike system, and the front-left tire began to fall apart, forcing him to stop at the Santa Fe Drive exit.A brief standoff ensued while Zulayka threatened to kill himself with one of seven firearms police later found in the car.Zulayka was eventually removed from the car and arrested.Officers also found 213 grams (about ½ pound) of methamphetamine in Zulayka’s car.Last April, Zulayka was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for charges related to the possession of those drugs.“With the state and federal sentences this defendant has now received, I feel confident in saying that his days of crime are over,” DuBoise said. “He won’t be eligible for parole until he is in his 80s.”

Celia Delacruz thought the man who pulled her car over early Tuesday morning was a fake cop, even after he showed her his badge and gave her his name. "I was still afraid to get out of my car because it was dark," said Delacruz, a 64-year old grandmother and native of Fort Worth. Police say the officer pulled her over near her house on Carelton Avenue near Camp Bowie because she was driving very slow and erratically. With red and blue lights flashing behind her, she pulled over and called 911 from inside her car. "That is a Fort Worth police officer ma'am," said the dispatcher. "He's asking you to get out of your vehicle and that's what you need to do." Dash-cam video from the officer's patrol car shows the officer call for back-up. After two more officers arrived in their patrol cars, Delacruz agreed to get out of her car, all the while, still on the phone with the 911 dispatcher. After a few moments, Delacruz gets back into her car and speeds away from the officers, who get into their patrol cars and pursue her car. "Clearly it appears her intent was she didn't want to stop for the police," said Lt. Paul Henderson of the Fort Worth Police Department. The video shows the chase leading officers along East Crestline, to Camp Bowie and eventually south onto University Drive. Delacruz remained on the phone with the 911 dispatcher.DISPATCHER : "Ma'am, you're going to need to stop the car and get out."DELACRUZ : "No. They're trying to hurt me, they told me that."DISPATCHER : "No they're not going to hurt you. They need you to stop; they have Air-One out looking for you. You need to stop." The dash-cam video shows Delacruz running several stop signs and stoplights. The chase ends at University Drive and I-30 after Delacruz swerves to miss a set of tire spikes set out by police. She slows to a stop at the second set of spikes, where officers pull her from the car and arrest her. "I wanted to drive someplace else where there were people," she told CBS 11 News from inside the Mansfield Jail. Delacruz now faces a felony charge of evading arrest. Lt. Henderson says it is reasonable to be suspicious if you think an officer is not what they appear to be, but after calling 911 and confirming an officer's identity, "There is no fake 911," he says. "At that point you're with legitimate police and anything you do beyond that is evasive in nature and you'll be arrested for it."

THE DRIVER OF A CAR WHO COLLIDED WITH A VAN DURING A POLICE CHASE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER SPENDING MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL. OFFICERS SAID THE 39-YEAR-OLD DRIVER VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND STRUCK A VAN HEAD-ON AT MORE THAN 100 MPH LAST OCTOBER. POLICE RELEASED THE DRAMATIC VIDEO OF THE CHASE AFTER THE DRIVER WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST. THE CHASE, CAPTURED ON THE DASHBOARD CAMERA OF A POLICE CAMERA, SHOWS THE SUSPECT WEAVING THROUGH PARKING LOTS TRYING TO EVADE OFFICERS BEFORE TURNING ONTO A HIGHWAY. ONLY 4 MINUTES INTO THE CHASE, THE SUSPECT REACHED SPEEDS OF MORE THAN 100 MPH. THEN, SECONDS LATER, HE VEERED LEFT AND ONTO THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE SUSPECT'S CAR STRUCK A VAN WITH THREE MEN INSIDE WHO WERE DRIVING TO WORK. IT APPEARS THAT THE SUSPECT HIT THE VAN ON PURPOSE. LUCKILY, ALL OF THE MEN IN THE VAN ONLY SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. TWO OF THE MEN WERE TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER ONLY A FEW HOURS. THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND ONE COUNT OF EVADING ARREST.

POLICE ARE CHASING DOWN A VERY DRUNK FEMALE DRIVER. THEY CHASE HER ALL THE WAY TO THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT AND WHEN THEY GET THEIR HANDS ON HER SHE ACCUSES THE COPS OF BEING NAZIS!

AN AMAZING SURVEILLANCE TAPE released today shows how gang violence can happen anywhere at any time. A convenience store in southeast Fort Worth was the stage for a nasty gun battle and shootout between rival gangs. Windows were shattered when rounds from a military style semi-automatic rifle were fired off. one customer was wounded and another grazed. as the initial gunman tired to escape others opened fire on him and his girlfriend at point blank range. police now have 2 of the suspects in custody...one of them had three untreated bullet wounds at the time of his capture.

BAIT CAR IS STOLEN AND SADLY WE SEE A FATHER TELLING HIS VERY YOUNG SON THE FINER POINTS OF HOW TO STEAL CARS. OF COURSE, THIS IS ALL CAUGHT ON POLICE CAMERA PLANTED INSIDE THE CAR.