A 90-minute police chase involving a stolen semi-truck concluded with the arrest of Joseph Horton last weekend. The chase, captured on body camera footage, shows Horton driving through yards and fences to evade capture. Officers deployed stop sticks, and at one point, an officer was heard shouting, 'Let me see your hands! I will *** shoot you!' Horton eventually surrendered. Sheriff Richard Jones compared the chase to iconic scenes from 'Smokey and the Bandit' or the O.J. Simpson chase. Horton admitted to throwing oil, hammers, and other objects from the truck to hinder pursuit. The incident resulted in two police cruisers being disabled.
90-minute police chase involving a stolen semi-truck, which ended with the arrest of Joseph Horton last weekend
The chase, captured on body camera video obtained by Local 12, shows a Butler County deputy deploying stop sticks to flatten one of the truck's tires."Let me see your hands! I will *** shoot you!" an officer is heard shouting in the video. According to the incident report, Horton admitted to throwing oil, hammers, and other objects out of the truck's window in an attempt to slow down his pursuers. According to the police report, an Ohio State Highway Patrol and a Middletown Police cruiser were disabled.Local 12 News asked Sheriff Jones:
Jones: "Absolutely. As long as it's at a low rate of speed we let the sergeant make that determination and this was not at a high-speed chase, but we let the sergeant make that determination."
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