Police cruiser camera video documented what happened five years ago when Colchester Police Officer Jim Roy pulled over a motorist for speeding on Lakeshore Drive. After the cars stop, the video shows that as Roy gets out of his car, his cruiser slowly begins to roll forward and picks up speed until his cruiser rear-ends the stopped car. The accident caused very minor damage. But the motorist, Susan Fay, had been headed to her chiropractic appointment for treatment for her longtime serious back injuries.She sued Colchester. She claimed the collision made her back problems much worse. This week the case went to jury trial.She was seeking nearly a $1 million from the town of Colchester in compensation and damages. She declined comment for our story but the trial was recorded by the court."After the car accident, the pain continued to, it changed and it increased over some time," Fay testified. "It feels very different like there's actually a knife going in right here. I can't describe it. It's burning. It's deep. And it's really knife-like."Fay produced doctors and medical bills to support her claims.Colchester produced one medical expert who disagreed.After five hours of deliberation the jury decided Colchester should pay Fay $340,000."My original thought was I was wondering why this going to trial at all? It seemed to be a fairly minor incident," said Lee Carpenter, one of the jurors.Carpenter says the deliberations were heated because the juror opinions ranged from a million dollars to zero. In the end they struck the $340,000 compromise.Carpenter said, "As the evidence was presented, there was a lot of evidence brought forward that should that there was damage done to this woman after the fact of the accident."A small accident that produced an unusually big jury award for the state of Vermont.Calls to Colchester town officials for comment were not returned. The town's insurance carrier, not the taxpayers, is responsible for paying the award.

A man is recovering after his car went airborne in a high-speed crash Monday morning. The wreck happened around 7:15 a.m. on I-675 in Beavercreek, Ohio. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Brennan Eden of Mason, Ohio was driving a 1985 Pontiac Firebird southbound on I-675 when he drove off the left side of the roadway. Eden struck a culvert, which resulted in his Firebird going airborne. Eden's car traveled through the air until it struck the Wagner Road bridge overpass. The Firebird shattered into many pieces due to the major impact of the crash. Eden was ejected and came to rest on the right berm of southbound I-675. Eden suffered serious injuries and was transported from the scene by a medical helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital. The crash is being investigated by the Xenia Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The crash resulted in southbound I-675 being shut down for five hours while northbound I-675 was restricted to two lanes for that time. The crash is still under investigation. Speed, alcohol and seat belt usage have not yet been determined.

Dramatic police video that shows carjackers flipping a vehicle they stole in Oak Park before tearing through Royal Oak and Ferndale, Michigan has been released.The video shows the end of the chase, as the suspect's car flies out of control, flips, and lands on its roof.The officer can then be seen pulling the driver and his passenger, both suspects in a carjacking, out of the vehicle.Oak park, Royal Oak, Ferndale, wild pursuit, until the suspects lost control and rolled. Carjacking...rises to a serious crime...this is something where you want to get this guy off the street 17 yr old Roger Tisby and 18 yr old Dennis Howard, both of Detroit, $1 million bond each.

An emotional public hearing lasting more than two hours highlighted both the tragedy of suicide and the community division over whether to build barriers on the sides of the Cold Spring Bridge on Highway 154.The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments session in Santa Barbara elicited views Thursday, Oct. 16, from both sides of the issue.A number of people testified about the loss a loved one to suicide, or as witnesses to successful or unsuccessful attempts. Still others called for preserving the bridge’s aesthetic appeal and for installing “human” barriers rather than fencing that would mar its appeal.Despite opponents’ remarks, the 13-member SBCAG board, made up of the five county supervisors and one representative from each city in the county, unanimously endorsed the Caltrans project to build barriers lining the railing of the bridge.A Caltrans environmental study completed June 24 found that the physical barrier would reduce suicides and risks to emergency responders. Since then, costs for the project — estimated at $3.3 million — have been assumed entirely by Caltrans.A couple of presentations preceded the public comment period in support of the Caltrans proposal.Dr. Lisa Firestone of the Glenden Association, a Santa Barbara-based suicide prevention group, affirmed that peer-reviewed journals say barriers reduce suicides, while mental-health studies support barriers for suicide prevention.“Suicidal people have a fantasy, but when it is not available, they don’t carry it out,” she claimed.She noted that as a tourist area, it is shameful that the bridge is perceived “as a suicide magnet, without doing anything about it.”Santa Barbara Sheriff Bill Brown noted that “the bridge is inspiration for bad conclusions,” as three people have ended their lives this year by leaping from the 22-story-high bridge.Sheriff Brown noted that for first responders, one of the big problems with the bridge is that the center of gravity is too low, making recovery operations extremely hazardous. He showed a video of Santa Barbara County deputies rescuing a person in January of 2006, who was hanging from a rail over the edge and almost dragging a female officer over with him. Other officers were able to drag both of them to safety just in time.He also pointed out that “thousands of dollars in equipment and manpower are invested in search and rescue operations” related to successful or unsuccessful suicide attempts.On the other side of the issue, Marc McGinnes, spokesman for Friends of the Bridge and a coalition of citizen groups that oppose a physical barrier, said that in Santa Barbara County there are 42 times more suicides per year by other means than from jumping off the bridge, and 10 times more fatalities on Highway 154.He also lamented that Caltrans already has spent $600,000 on studies, and that this use of funds “is useless and senseless.” He noted that money coming from the Traffic Safety/Collision Reduction Fund shouldn’t be earmarked for suicide prevention.In reference to the aesthetic beauty of the bridge, he argued that “this safety issue does not trump beauty” and that, should Caltrans proceed with the project, “litigation will be commenced.”He proposed as solutions to a physical barrier that first responders receive appropriate training using methods employed by the New York Bridge Authority; the use of closed-circuit cameras and call boxes; the in-stallation of a single-bar safety rail at an appropriate height on both sides of the bridge; the closing of all access to pedestrians and bi- cyclists; and that turnouts be moved far away from the bridge.During public comment, a number of people close to the late Matt Aydelott, who plunged to his death on Sept. 13, spoke of the human tragedy that could have been avoided.Karen Robbins, mother of the 46th victim, said “Matt was graced with humor, wit, and was treasured by his brother Nathan ... He had an enormous impact on Cuesta students.”Jeff Stein, Cuesta College instructor and personal friend of Aydelott for 10 years, said, “It’s been devastating all around campus.”He voiced strong support for the fencing.“There are fences around swimming pools ... and look at all the kids that have been prevented from drowning... Overpasses have barriers — there are reasons why you have physical barriers,” he said.Others saw the issue differently, including one participant who commenting that the barrier was a waste of money — “What $3 million could do to treat the causes of suicide.”James Mills noted that “it’s a big mistake trying to protect people that opt out of life rather than innocent victims, especially children.”And UCSB professor Garrett Glasgow said that studies do not show that physical barriers reduce suicides overall, though they do reduce suicides by jumping from a bridge. He agreed with Friends of the Bridge that “human barriers should be considered.”Supporters of the physical barrier unanimously agreed that “(even) one life saved is important.”

Dramatic police video that shows carjackers flipping a vehicle they stole in Oak Park before tearing through Royal Oak and Ferndale, Michigan has been released.The video shows the end of the chase, as the suspect's car flies out of control, flips, and lands on its roof.The officer can then be seen pulling the driver and his passenger, both suspects in a carjacking, out of the vehicle.Oak park, Royal Oak, Ferndale, wild pursuit, until the suspects lost control and rolled. Carjacking...rises to a serious crime...this is something where you want to get this guy off the street 17 yr old Roger Tisby and 18 yr old Dennis Howard, both of Detroit, $1 million bond each.

NO OFFICIAL INFO KNOWN.ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP OF A WEAVING DRIVER ENDS UP BEING A DRUG BUST. WHAT STANDS OUT IS THE SHAKY FEMALE DRIVER WHO TALKS ABOUT A MILLION MILES A MINUTE, YOU JUST GET THE FEELING SHE’S POSSIBLY ON SOMETHING.

The Georgia Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday in a high-speed police chase that left a 19-year-old driver paralyzed.In March 2001, a police cruiser rammed a black Cadillac from behind as the vehicles raced along a wet, two-land road in Coweta County south of Atlanta at about 90 miles an hour. The driver - Victor Harris - lost control and ended up at the bottom of an embankment.Harris was being chased by police because he had been speeding. He later said he was too frightened to stop.Coweta County sheriff's Deputy Timothy Scott said he wanted to end the chase before other drivers or pedestrians were hurt.Harris sued Scott for violating his civil rights. The deputy wants the justices to conclude that his actions, captured on the dashboard camera of his car, were reasonable and dismiss the lawsuit.The case puts the court in the middle of a national debate over high-speed chases. A group of Georgia police chiefs says in court papers that more 350 people died each year on average from 1994 to 2004 because of police chases.It also is the first in more than 20 years in which the court will consider constitutional limits on police use of deadly force to stop fleeing suspects. Courts define deadly force as creating a substantial risk of death or serious injury.----A case involving a high-speed chase in Coweta and Fayette counties that left a suspect paralyzed is headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.Lawyers for 25-year-old Victor Harris are asking for the right to sue a former Coweta County police officer and the Coweta County Sheriff's Department.It was late at night on March 29, 2001. A Coweta County police officer attempted to stop then-19-year-old Victor Harris for speeding.Harris took off in his Cadillac.After more than five minutes at a high rate of speed, one of the officers involved in the chase attempted to stop Harris by ramming his vehicle on Highway 74. Harris lost control and crashed. "My client is 25, he's a paraplegic from the neck down, he gets up and goes to work every morning just like the rest of us, he uses a computer with his neck; he operates it using his mouth," said attorney Craig Jones.Two federal courts ruled Harris could sue Officer Timothy Scott and Coweta County because the officer's use of force was not reasonable.The Supreme Court will hear arguments on both sides on Monday. Jones said its ruling could have far ranging impact."If the court says yes you can use deadly force against anyone who drives unsafely, there will be nothing to stop police from shooting anyone who's violating traffic laws, and that would be a very scary country to live in," Jones said.Jones said Harris sped away from police because he panicked, not because he had committed a crime.He said Harris' medical care will cost an estimated $6 million throughout his lifetime.The attorney for the police officer involved in the chase was not available for comment on Thursday, but hopes to have a comment on Friday.

The Georgia Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday in a high-speed police chase that left a 19-year-old driver paralyzed.In March 2001, a police cruiser rammed a black Cadillac from behind as the vehicles raced along a wet, two-land road in Coweta County south of Atlanta at about 90 miles an hour. The driver - Victor Harris - lost control and ended up at the bottom of an embankment.Harris was being chased by police because he had been speeding. He later said he was too frightened to stop.Coweta County sheriff's Deputy Timothy Scott said he wanted to end the chase before other drivers or pedestrians were hurt.Harris sued Scott for violating his civil rights. The deputy wants the justices to conclude that his actions, captured on the dashboard camera of his car, were reasonable and dismiss the lawsuit.The case puts the court in the middle of a national debate over high-speed chases. A group of Georgia police chiefs says in court papers that more 350 people died each year on average from 1994 to 2004 because of police chases.It also is the first in more than 20 years in which the court will consider constitutional limits on police use of deadly force to stop fleeing suspects. Courts define deadly force as creating a substantial risk of death or serious injury.----A case involving a high-speed chase in Coweta and Fayette counties that left a suspect paralyzed is headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.Lawyers for 25-year-old Victor Harris are asking for the right to sue a former Coweta County police officer and the Coweta County Sheriff's Department.It was late at night on March 29, 2001. A Coweta County police officer attempted to stop then-19-year-old Victor Harris for speeding.Harris took off in his Cadillac.After more than five minutes at a high rate of speed, one of the officers involved in the chase attempted to stop Harris by ramming his vehicle on Highway 74. Harris lost control and crashed. "My client is 25, he's a paraplegic from the neck down, he gets up and goes to work every morning just like the rest of us, he uses a computer with his neck; he operates it using his mouth," said attorney Craig Jones.Two federal courts ruled Harris could sue Officer Timothy Scott and Coweta County because the officer's use of force was not reasonable.The Supreme Court will hear arguments on both sides on Monday. Jones said its ruling could have far ranging impact."If the court says yes you can use deadly force against anyone who drives unsafely, there will be nothing to stop police from shooting anyone who's violating traffic laws, and that would be a very scary country to live in," Jones said.Jones said Harris sped away from police because he panicked, not because he had committed a crime.He said Harris' medical care will cost an estimated $6 million throughout his lifetime.The attorney for the police officer involved in the chase was not available for comment on Thursday, but hopes to have a comment on Friday.

A big part of the debate over legalizing cannabis for recreational use is the list of unknowns about the long-term impacts on public health, public safety and young people. In anticipating these questions, state lawmakers included funding for a Cannabis Research Center that will track these impacts.“I was a little surprised when I recently was looking at the research literature, and there are just so many questions that are unanswered,” said Dr. Traci Toomey, the first director of the Minnesota Cannabis Research Center based at the University of Minnesota.The Legislature dedicated $2.5 million per year from sales taxes collected from cannabis sales to fund the research center.The law states the research center “must investigate the effects of cannabis use on health and research other topics related to cannabis, including but not limited to prevention and treatment of substance use disorders, equity issues, education, and decriminalization.” “Even if there were some questions that have been answered in other states, we can’t assume we’ll find the same answer in Minnesota because the laws can be different,” Toomey said. “The way they’re implemented can be different.”Toomey says the center will focus on a wide array of areas of concern, including public safety.“Will legalization of cannabis in Minnesota increase traffic crashes? And that’s something that we’re concerned about,” Toomey said. “The answer’s not clear. Some states they’ve seen an increase in traffic crashes. Some states have not seen an increase.”Then there’s the issue of the impact on young people, including those under age 21 who can’t legally possess or use cannabis but who could have much easier access now that it’s legal for adults over 21.“Some of the research does show some concerns about the effects on brain development,” Toomey told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS. “Maybe progression to other types of problems like cannabis use disorder. So there’s quite a bit of research evidence there, but we don’t have all the answers.” It will be some time before they have many answers at all because legalization is so new in Minnesota. Toomey started her work as director last month, and the first order of business will be partnering with public safety, public health and other agencies to collect data that can be studied.

An attorney representing the owners of a Cumberland Avenue bar questioned the credibility of an underage woman who maintains that she was served alcohol at the club before running over a Knoxville Police Department officer. Don Bosch said today that Vicki Johnson, an 18-year-old former stripper, was lying to keep herself out of trouble when she told police that workers at The Pub had supplied her with alcohol. Johnson was behind the wheel of a car that struck KPD Sgt. Lisa Green on Cumberland Avenue in the early morning hours of Sept. 28 while the office was trying to cross the street on foot. "From the moment she ran over Lisa Green, she started lying," Bosch said during closing arguments today in Knox County Circuit Court. "She has every reason in the world to lie ... She knows she has to blame this on somebody else." The city of Knoxville is attempting to have The Pub's beer license revoked because Johnson was allegedly served alcohol just before the traffic accident. Bosch represents the owners of The Pub, Chad Corcoran and Jason Myers. Attorney Hillary Jones, who represents the city, argued that the offense was "so egregious" that it warranted yanking the pub's permit to sell beer. She also recounted the previous day's testimony from Johnson, who said that she'd met the club's owners while dancing at the Mouse's Ear West and had been invited by them to the bar. She also said that she had never paid a cover charge or been denied alcoholic beverages at the club. On the night she hit Green, Johnson said she had smoked marijuana and taken a Xanax tablet before going to the bar, where she then consumed at least nine mixed drinks 11:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. Johnson and a friend who was with her the night of the accident, 24-year-old Tabatha Connor, promised to testify truthfully in the civil proceeding as part of a plea bargain with the District Attorney's Office that would leave them with a clean record as long as they out of trouble until their probation ends. Corcoran and Myers both took the witness stand Thursday and testified that they didn't serve any alcohol to Johnson, although Myers admitted serving Connor four drinks "at the most." The men both said that Johnson appeared to be drunk when she came into the bar and was asked to sit at a table near the kitchen door. They said they never saw her drink any alcohol but were unable to explain how she ended up wearing an armband identical to those used by the club to separate patrons who are under 21 years of age from those who aren't. Green has filed a $15 million lawsuit against Johnson, Connor and The Pub. She is still recovering from career-threatening neck and leg injuries. At the conclusion of the hearing, Administrative Law Judge Bruce Guyton said he would issue an opinion on the issue later. He indicated he was curious as to whether any bar in Knoxville had lost its beer license due to a first offense even though the law allows for such a revocation.

Sgt. Mark Chesnut pulled behind the dark-colored Dodge Magnum, turned on the blue lights of his unmarked patrol car and slowed to a stop on the shoulder of Interstate 40 near Bellevue. The video camera on Chesnut's dashboard recorded his walk to the driver's side door and his talk with the driver, Courtney Logan. The 22-year police veteran had stopped Logan because he noticed the man was not wearing a seat belt. What Chesnut did not know was that he had stopped a getaway car, with a convicted robber at the wheel and a Mississippi prison escapee in the backseat, shielded by tinted windows. The camera kept rolling and would later bear witness to Chesnut's unexpected fight for survival. It all happened in about seven minutes. Logan, 25, of Louisville, Ky., produced a license but couldn't find the rental car's registration. Chesnut acknowledged and spoke to the passenger in the backseat, Joseph Jackson Jr., 30. Chesnut asked Logan to step out of the car. Logan stood between the front of the police car and the back of the Magnum while Chesnut went to his car and ran a computer check on the license plate, and turned down the audio on the dashboard camera. The camera, still filming, recorded Jackson getting out of the rental car and walking back to Chesnut's passenger side. Police say he talked with Chesnut through the open window but the conversation could not be heard. Jackson later admitted that he went to Chesnut's car the first time "to make sure he was alone," Metro detective Norris Tarkington said. Jackson walked back to the rental car, but seconds later he returned to Chesnut's passenger window, this time armed with a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun taken from a Mississippi prison guard earlier in the day, police say. Logan stood there as Jackson fired five shots at Chesnut. Two bullets lodged in the sergeant's body armor. Three others pierced his torso and right arm. Logan told investigators he only heard the shooting, but police say that's not true. "The video shows Logan looking at Jackson," Tarkington said. "After the shooting, Logan appears to be smiling, almost laughing.'' Jackson walked back to the rental car empty handed. Then, he hesitated, stopped and turned around to look at Chesnut.Backing up for cover Suddenly, the wounded officer threw his car into reverse and began backing up along the interstate's shoulder, stopping after rolling some 40 feet. Jackson sprinted to the rental car, and with Logan back in the driver's seat, the pair fled. Chesnut radioed for help, giving a description of his assailants. Less than an hour later they were arrested on Hermitage Avenue. Tarkington arrived at Chesnut's car about 15 minutes after the shooting. He saw the injured officer surrounded by paramedics. They rushed Chesnut to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where trauma surgeons saved his life but cautioned that his road to recovery would be a long one. The 44-year-old officer is now in a rehabilitation center. After hearing Tarkington's testimony and his account of what the video shows, Davidson County General Sessions Judge Leon Ruben on Tuesday sent the case to the grand jury. The video was not shown in court. Both men are charged with attempting to murder Chesnut that day — June 25 — and remain jailed on bonds totaling more than $3 million each. Tarkington interviewed both men and Jackson expressed remorse for the shooting. "He told me, 'Nothing I can say or do can justify what I did. I didn't have to shoot that officer,' " Tarkington said. Jackson identified Logan, his cousin, as the person who helped him escape early on the morning of the shooting, when three prison guards took him to an optometrist's appointment at a Greenwood, Miss., clinic away from the Delta Correctional Facility. Jackson was serving a life sentence for armed robbery and aggravated assault. A prison guard told detectives last week that Logan was the person who took her gun during the prison break. Police said they found the gun on the front seat of Chesnut's police car. Police Chief Ronal Serpas doesn't believe a lifetime in prison is enough for the men. "I hope they go to prison for the rest of their natural lives here on earth,'' Serpas said. "Then after their natural lives here on earth, I hope they go to prison in hell.''

The District Attorney's Office filed charges against a 20-year-old man who was allegedly involved in a Saturday nighthigh-speed pursuit and shooting that left a local sheriff's office deputy and two suspects hospitalized.Lionel Clah, of Farmington, faces 18 criminal charges in connectionwith the incident, including six second-degree felony counts of assault with intent to commit a violent felony upon a peace officer."I know we charged him with several very serious crimes," District Attorney Lyndy Bennett said. "Those charges involved our part of the investigation, before the FBI got involved."FBI officials are conducting a separate investigation into the events that occurred once the chase left San Juan County and entered theNavajo Nation where Clah allegedly had a shootout with police. He still could face federal charges related to the standoff.Clah was arrested Tuesday at the San Juan County Detention Center,Bloomfield Police Chief Drew Standley. He is being held on a $1 million bond in connection with the shooting.San Juan County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Kory Faulk sustained gunshot wounds to the nose and hand during a standoff with Clah after the car came to a halt on the Nation.Faulk was released Sunday from San Juan Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for his injuries.New Mexico State Police Officer James Rempe also sustained a minor injuries.The District Attorney's Office also intends to file charges against 16-year-old Krishana John, who was in Clah's vehicle during the high-speed pursuit, Bennett said."We're definitely going to charge the female juvenile," the district attorney said. "Of course those (charges) have to go through the juvenile court first."John is being detained by the Navajo Nation Department of PublicSafety,Standley said."We have secured a warrant for her arrest," he said. "The district attorney is now working on extradition proceedings."Once arrested locally, John will be charged with six counts of assault with intent to commit a violent felony on a peace officer, all second-degree felonies; five counts of shooting at or from a motor vehicle, all fourth-degree felonies; and one count of attempting to disarm a peace officer, a third-degree felony. She could also face federal charges in the FBI investigation.The pursuit, which reached speeds nearing 100 mph, spanned an area of nearly 15 miles from Bloomfield to the Bluffview Housing Community, located near NAPI headquarters on the Nation.Police do not anticipate filing charges against Raymond Trujillo andEliTrujillo, both of whom were in Clah's car but evacuated the vehicle during the chase, Standley said. Eli Trujillo allegedly jumped from the vehicle while it was traveling at approximately 80 mph near the intersection of County Road 5500 and U.S. 550.Standley said police have already interviewed both Raymond Trujillo and Eli Trujillo."We do not, at this time, anticipate filing any criminal charges againstthem for their involvement in this case," the Bloomfield Police chief said.Eli Trujillo was listed in serious condition Wednesday at San Juan Regional Medical Center, according to hospital staff.The Saturday evening high-speed chase and shooting began at around 6:50 p.m. after Bloomfield police learned of a possible fight at a local laundromat.Raymond Trujillo told FBI agents that Clah fired six to eight shotswith a Ruger .22-caliber handgun earlier that evening near a residence on North 3rd Street in Bloomfield, an arrest affidavit states. When Clah drove away from the trailer park to Quick Stop Laundromat at 325 North 1st St., Raymond and Eli Trujillo followed and confronted him about shooting near the homes.Clah then reportedly offered to give the two men a ride home, at which time Bloomfield police tried to stop the vehicle as it was turning into the North 3rd Street trailer park, court documents state.When a police officer got out of his patrol car in an attempt to talkto Clah, the suspect's vehicle accelerated in reverse and struck thepolice car. A Bloomfield police sergeant arrived soon after and tried to block the car from leaving as Clah began to accelerate forward."At this time a passenger identified as Raymond Trujillo exited the vehicle," the affidavit states.The sergeant fired his Taser at Clah.When he did so, "the female front passenger grabbed (his) Taser and attempted to pull it from his hand," the affidavit states.One dart struck Clah and the other hit John, which rendered the weapon ineffective.Clah again accelerated the vehicle, striking an officer with thevehicle and hitting a chain link fence, forcing the policeman to "jump over the chain link fence in order to avoid being crushed between the fence and the vehicle."As the driver maneuvered the vehicle out of the trailer park and onto 3rd Street, a third Bloomfield police officer tried to stop the vehicle as it neared 4th Street. The vehicle accelerated toward the officer when one of the occupants of the suspect vehicle allegedly fired several rounds at him.The passenger car fled on several Bloomfield streets before continuing on U.S. 550, police said.John then allegedly fired several rounds at law enforcement officers as the vehicle headed toward the reservation."As they're fleeing through our county, my impression is that she's shooting," Deputy District Attorney Brent Capshaw said. Clah is "still charged with that because he's an accessory. Once they get on the reservation, he lets her out of the car and then he takes off again."At some point during the pursuit on U.S. 550, Eli Trujillo jumped outof the moving car as it reached speeds nearing 80 mph."You can see that on the in-car video," Capshaw said. "It's an eye-opener. No one's exaggerating when they say the car's moving in >excess of 80 miles per hour when (Eli Trujillo) jumps out."Federal investigation FBI Special Agent Bill Elwell said Wednesday there are no new developments with an ongoing federal investigation.Elwell said Monday that agents were conducting an investigation withthe assistance of state police because the standoff ended at the >intersection of County Roads 7100 and 7101 on the Nation.At that time, investigating agents were reportedly in contact with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Albuquerque, which decides the appropriate criminal charges to file against defendants, he said.The local criminal charges filed against Clah and John do not reflect events that occurred once the pursuit reached the Navajo Nation,Capshaw said.

The launch of legal marijuana in Minnesota is being met with a massive campaign to prevent impaired driving. Public service announcements on TV, radio, and online are all delivering the same message to drivers.“Driving high is a DWI.”Yet when it comes to identifying and prosecuting those under the influence, 5 INVESTIGATES found police across the country are still looking for answers. From Minnesota to Colorado, enforcement of DWI laws where recreational marijuana is legal relies on varying standards for impairment, roadside tests, and drug recognition training that researchers and defense attorneys are now challenging. ‘A culture shock’When 5 INVESTIGATES recently traveled to Denver, Sgt. Jason Sparks with the Colorado State Patrol shared words of advice for his fellow law enforcement members in Minnesota. “It’s going to be a culture shock,” Sparks said.The veteran officer became a certified drug recognition expert (DRE) even before Colorado voters legalized marijuana in 2014. He has seen changes on the road ever since.“It’s almost as prevalent as alcohol,” Sparks said. Colorado hopes to eventually double the number of drug recognition experts in the state. “We have 120. We could support 250,” said Glenn Davis, Highway Safety Manager at the Colorado Department of Transportation. “We highly recommend it.”$15 million for DREsIn Minnesota, the legislation that passed in May also included $15 million to train and certify more police as ‘drug recognition evaluators’ or DRE’s.When a driver agrees to an evaluation, they conduct a 12-step test that includes measuring pupil size, pulse, and muscle tone.Col. Matt Langer, head of the Minnesota State Patrol, calls the training a ‘critical component’ of the strategy to crack down on impaired driving.“It’s just someone who’s highly skilled beyond the average trooper, cop, or deputy to recognize not only impairment but what type of drug or drugs someone might be using.”But 5 INVESTIGATES found drug recognition tests are being frequently challenged by defense attorneys.“This is pseudoscience cloaked in medical and scientific technology,” said Chuck Ramsay, a well-known DWI attorney from Roseville.He warns the expansion of DRE’s in Minnesota could have unintended consequences.“People who aren’t impaired are going to get snared,” Ramsay said. “And that means that innocent people who pose no risk to the public’s safety will be getting arrested.”Law enforcement leaders insist DRE’s are an effective tool when used in combination with other investigative techniques.“Our training curriculum is the same for cannabis as it is for alcohol in terms of how you make the traffic stop, identify cues of impairment,” Langer said. “It starts from the very beginning, and we have to build our case.”Suspicion of DWIA traffic stop in Owatonna last year is an example of what police could be dealing with more often.Soon after an officer pulled over a Jeep for no headlights, the officer said he detected the smell of marijuana.The driver admitted to smoking, but much earlier in the day.Body camera video obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES shows the officer did not find any pot or paraphernalia, but still arrested the driver for DWI after conducting a field sobriety test. Prosecutors dropped the charges more than seven months later after a blood test revealed the driver only had an “inactive metabolite” of THC in his system. The active delta-9 THC that makes a person high was “not detected.”“It doesn’t demonstrate that he’s under the influence of marijuana,” said defense attorney Alex De Marco.In an email to 5 INVESTIGATES, Owatonna Chief of Police Jeff Mundale said there was still probable cause to make an arrest based on the roadside interview, observations, and the standardized field sobriety testing.“The challenges for law enforcement officers and prosecutors in marijuana impaired driving incidents and convictions is that that there are no established per se levels of impairment like there is for alcohol impaired driving arrest,” he added.Impaired PlacebosResearchers at the University of California San Diego recently concluded that the use of field sobriety tests “may be insufficient” to determine impairment from marijuana.In a recent study of more than 100 volunteers who ingested THC, highly trained officers identified more than 80% as impaired.However, when the same officers evaluated a second ‘placebo group’ who had not ingested any THC, they still classified half of them as impaired.“Field sobriety tests are a key component of the gold standard law enforcement officer-based evaluations,” the researchers wrote in the study that was published in August. “Yet controlled studies are inconclusive regarding their efficacy in detecting whether a person is under the influence of THC.”Preaching PreventionThe challenges around enforcement may be part of the reason leaders continue to preach prevention.“I’ll be very candid, we’re never going to stop all of these things,” said Davis, the Highway Safety Manager in Colorado.“ But we want to keep the roadways as safe as we can.”While data shows traffic deaths related to cannabis in Colorado are rising, a defense attorney is dubious of statistics suggesting that more people started driving high after the state legalized recreational marijuana.“You can really make the stats say whatever you want,” Tiftickjian said. “I think the government is looking for it more.”But Davis is convinced that legalization changed the culture in the state and has led to more impaired drivers. “All of a sudden, that taboo is kind of gone,” Davis said. “The quality of the product is significantly more potent, and it’s easier to get.”Colorado expanded its DUI task force to include members of the marijuana industry.“We’ve learned that if we want to reach a customer, it’s point of sale or point of use,” Davis said. “And they can get us into those places.”At dispensaries such as Native Roots in Denver, customers can find information from the state about impaired driving.“My hope for Minnesota is to see a partnership between the state, regulatory bodies, and industry to come together to tackle this head-on,” said Truman Bradley with the Marijuana Industry Group, the trade association for marijuana businesses in Colorado.“This isn’t something where ‘the emperor has no clothes’ and we’re not talking about it,” Bradley said. “We need to address impaired driving.”

Some cocaine, a foot chase and then cuffs - a Tunnel Hill traffic stop is caught on camera and an alleged drug trafficking suspect is captured. Tunnel Hill's Police Chief says his officers are doing everything possible to snuff out drug runners - that includes chasing them down when they take off. The Dash camera inside of a Tunnel Hill Police officer's car recorded a traffic stop on I-75 earlier this week. In the video you can see the officer step out of his car and then question the driver. "He seemed to be real hesitant in his answers and raised some suspicions with the officer," Tunnel Hill Police Chief Roy Brunson says. Brunson says that's why the officer asked the man to step out of the car. But when the officer starts to search the man for drugs he takes off running. The Chief tells us that after the man took off the officer chased after him, pulled out his taser and pulled the trigger to slow the man down. Off camera you can hear the man screaming in pain. Minutes later the officer leads him out of the woods in handcuffs. Chief Brunson says they ended up finding 28 grams of cocaine in the his pockets. "He was trying to throw it away as he was running and he was throwing some so there was some cocaine in his pocket and then some on the ground," Brunson says. The driver, Adetokunbo Olorunyomi, is now behind bars. He's now facing a drug trafficking charge. This isn't the first time we've seen drugs travel through Tunnel Hill. Back in March a traffic stop snagged more than two hundred pounds of marijuana. And Chief Brunson tells us in the last year they've confiscated more than three million dollars of drugs. "I think we're raising attention," Brunson says. "And if drugs are transported through Tunnel Hill we want to do everything we can to apprehend that." The Chief says Tunnel Hill is a thoroughfare for drug activity because it's located between some pretty large cities.

VAROUS SHOTS OF THE DEA BUSTING METH HOUSES, BREAKING DOWN EQUIPMENT, CONFISCATING EQUIPMENT, MONEY SEIZURES, ETC. ALL VIDEO IS FROM THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.