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Threat of Taser stops fleeing man in his tracks
Two Dayton police officers found themselves involved in a foot chase after they attempted to pull over a driver who didn’t signal a turn.
When the officers followed the car into an apartment complex Tuesday evening, Jan. 25, the driver refused to pull over, then jumped out of the vehicle prior to parking it.
According to a police report, the officers followed the subject on foot and repeatedly told him to stop running. He continued to flee until one officer announced that he would use his Taser if the man did not stop. The man immediately gave up and laid on the ground.
He told officers he fled because he didn’t have a driver’s license and didn’t want to go back to jail.
When police discovered that a passenger had also fled from the car, and left behind two large bags full of narcotics under the passenger seat, the driver said he only knew the passenger’s first name and had no idea there were drugs in the car.
Officers confiscated the more than 14 grams of heroin and 6 grams of cocaine, all split into individual gel caps, and took the driver to the Montgomery County Jail.
He faces possible charges of obstructing official business, failure to comply with orders of a police officer and possession of drugs, in addition to multiple traffic violations and driving without a license.
Police called a K-9 Unit to the scene to try and track the passenger.
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