The fleeing suspect reportedly had hundreds in money and hundreds extra in medicine and drug paraphernalia within the car
by Stephen Rivers
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by Stephen Rivers
Arkansas State Police (ASP) used the PIT maneuver after a high-speed likelihood amongst site visitors in Little Rock to catch an alleged drug runner. The captured suspect, Christopher Monroe, already had a number of warrants when the chase started. Now, he’s dealing with a minimum of 15 new prices related along with his newest failure to evade police.
In keeping with the YouTube channel Police Pursuits, Monroe was already wished for drug site visitors prices out of Sherwood, Arkansas. That’s roughly quarter-hour north of downtown Little Rock. On the fourth of Could, he fled from ASP earlier than doing the identical on the nineteenth. Ten days prior, police in Rockwell County, Texas put out a warrant for his arrest for evading in a motorized vehicle.
That brings us to Could twentieth when police discovered Monroe on the freeway in a GMC Sierra Denali and tried to field him in. They failed and the chase was on. At one level early within the interplay Trooper T. Van Schoyck makes an attempt to PIT the car however finally ends up failing and sliding right into a concrete barrier as a substitute. Fortunately, no different automobiles had been across the scene on the time. Regardless of that failure to cease the car, the police proceed to chase Monroe as speeds climb.
Extra: Arkansas Police Carry out One other PIT Maneuver At Over 100 MPH In Pursuit Of Suspect
Monroe and the police automobiles following him cross over the Arkansas River going round 120 mph (193 km/h). Because the group hits site visitors and building speeds drop ever so barely however police sustain the chase. When Monroe pulls off of the freeway and onto metropolis streets triple-digit speeds stay on the menu.
At one stage late within the motion Monroe really will get far sufficient away that the lead officer can’t see him. For no matter purpose, Monroe then turns round and makes it just a few blocks earlier than police hit his truck from the rear inflicting him to roll it. The GMC involves a halt on its wheels after finally crashing right into a brick wall.
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The collision is so violent that the police automobile itself practically flips. Moments later police encompass the car and extract Monroe. They discovered 64 grams of ecstasy, 100 grams of meth, 436 grams of cocaine, 89 grams of fentanyl tablets, 182 grams of marijuana, 12 grams of heroin, and 46 grams of Xanax.
Monroe additionally had $8,612 in money together with a Taurus handgun and numerous drug paraphernalia within the car.