FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Video released by sheriff’s deputies in Georgia show a high-speed chase that ends with a suspect losing his pants and then his freedom.
In a Facebook post, deputies with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office shared a video taken by a cruiser’s dashboard camera. In the post, deputies said that they tried to pull a car over because of both the smell of marijuana and the car had no valid insurance. The driver refused to stop, and video shows the car taking off and hitting speeds above 120 miles per hour at times. At one point in the video, the driver “brake-checked” the deputy, trying to make the deputy crash.
On March 25th, a little after 2 AM, a deputy was on GA400 Southbound near exit 13 when he came upon a vehicle with a strong odor of marijuana emanating from it. The deputy ran the tag and learned it had no valid insurance. The deputy attempted to pull the vehicle over, but the driver refused to stop and fled on GA400 Southbound at speeds in excess of 120mph. Additional deputies successfully deployed stop sticks causing all four tires to go flat. The driver attempted to flee on foot but was pulled off a concrete center median and placed in handcuffs. The driver, 37-year-old Demetris Clay of Atlanta, was arrested and charged with: * Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute * Possession of MDMA with Intent to Distribute * Possession of Heroin with Intent to Distribute * Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute * Possession of THC with Intent to Distribute * Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute *Possession of Drug-Related Items *Possession of a Fire Arm During the Commission of a Felony * Fleeing/Attempting to Elude * Reckless Driving *Failure to Maintain Insurance He also had Identifications in fraudulent IDs and credit cards in the vehicle so he was charged with: * Forgery 2nd Degree * Identity Fraud #FCSO #NotInForsyth #YouCanRunButSoCanWe #NotFasterThanTheRadio #CantRunOnRims #SnatchedOffTheWall
Posted by Forsyth County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, March 30, 2022
“I relied on my training and in being in pursuits before. Our training division does a good job preparing us for incidents like this,” Forsyth Deputy First Class Enrique Escolano told WSB-TV.
The chase, which continued for several miles, ended when deputies successfully deployed a spike strip on the highway, puncturing the car’s tires, WSB-TV reported.
Video shows the deputy using his own vehicle to box the suspect in, but the suspect jumps out of the driver’s side door and begins trying to scale the median wall. That’s when other deputies race into the frame, grabbing the suspect by the pants and pulling first the suspect’s pants, then the suspect, down.
Deputies identified the suspect as Demetris Clay, and told WSB-TV they found guns, fake identification, credit cards, and an array of illegal drugs including cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and ecstasy.
“That’s right up there with the most memorable for sure. You don’t encounter stops like that every day, and to finish on the right side of the law and get that stuff off the streets, it made me feel really good,” Escolano told WSB-TV.
©2022 Cox Media Group
Sign Up
