Seriously??? Caller: ‘I’m hammered…come get me’ LOL!
This is so damn funny, I can’t stop laughing about it…
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20070310/ai_n18714162
Caller: ‘I’m hammered…come get me’
Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), Mar 10, 2007 by ANDREA BROWN THE GAZETTEWas he high?
He described his car. He dropped clues about where he was. He gave his name. And he told police to catch him if they can.
Police said Colorado Springs motorist Alexander Craig called them about 10 times between 8:30 and 11 p.m. Thursday, taunting them in a citywide game of cat-and-mouse that lasted about three hours.
“He called 911 and said, ‘I’m hammered…come get me,’” Colorado Springs police Sgt. Rob Kelley said.
Toxicology results for drugs were not released Friday, but Kelley said Craig, 21, was “obviously high” on something, based on his volatile demeanor. Kelley said alcohol wasn’t a factor.
Police tracked Craig’s call locations using his Verizon number.
“When we got there he was gone,” Kelley said.
The taunting grew worse.
“He said we need to try harder to find him. He said he couldn’t believe he hasn’t been caught yet,” Kelley said.
About 20 officers were involved in the quest. After nearly two hours, Craig found them.
He approached squad cars at Palmer Park and North Academy boulevards.
“He drove up to us,” Kelley said. “He pulled up in front of us.”
He identified himself and invited the officers to get him — then got back into his 1998 white Ford Escort and sped away, police said.
“He drove like a maniac,” Kelley said.
A police helicopter followed Craig north around the Briargate area — while his driving skills went south.
AdvertisementKelley said Craig turned off his headlights. He drove on the wrong side of the road. He ran red lights.
He narrowly missed hitting a car in an intersection on Academy Boulevard near Chapel Hills Mall.
By then, patrol officers had resumed their pursuit.
Craig finally stopped in the parking lot of the Albertsons store at 1710 Dublin Blvd.
“The car was overheating from jumping medians. It was leaking fluids and had a flat tire,” Kelley said.
“Those Ford Escorts are not made to run like that.”
Craig wasn’t ready to give up, though.
Kelley said Craig, on foot, charged an officer. Police used a Taser to subdue him and took him to the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center, where he was being held Friday night.
He was arrested on suspicion of vehicular eluding, DUI and resisting arrest, with the bond for each charge set at $1,000.
Craig does not have a criminal record in Colorado, according to court documents.
The chase has police shaking their heads.
Intoxicated drivers usually try to stay under the radar, Kelley said.
“For somebody to call us — that’s a first in 20 years I’m aware of,” he said.
CONTACT THE WRITER: 636-0253 or andrea.brown@gazette.com
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