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Man leads cops on wild chase in motorhome

Gary Klien
Article Launched: 04/22/2008 11:28:29 PM PDT
 

San Rafael police and California Highway Patrol officers take Jared Jackson of San Rafael into custody.. (IJ photo/Jeff Vendsel)

A man who threatened to commit "suicide by cop" was arrested Tuesday after leading police on a chase from San Rafael to Richmond and back in a ramshackle 1978 motorhome, authorities said.

Jared Jackson, 36, of San Rafael gave up the half-hour pursuit at 5:05 p.m., when he stopped the motorhome near Highway 101 after winding his way through downtown San Rafael, including a swing past police headquarters.

Jackson sideswiped two vehicles in San Rafael during the chase, but no injuries were reported, police said.

"We're very fortunate," said San Rafael police Capt. Mike Keller. "This guy was driving recklessly and disregarding everyone else."

Police had been looking for Jackson since April 14, when a family member reported him missing and possibly suicidal. The relative said Jackson threatened to commit "blue suicide" - meaning he would provoke a confrontation that would force police to shoot him, Keller said.

Police also learned that Jackson had two warrants out for his arrest: one on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and evading police; the other for possession of an assault weapon and false imprisonment. The warrants were issued in March, and each was for $10,000.

Police were still researching the circumstances behind the warrants Tuesday, but Jackson was arrested in San Rafael last June on suspicion of punching a man in the face and threatening him with an air pistol. He received probation in the case.

In addition, Jackson was arrested in 2004 after beating and choking a Fairfax man in a dispute over auto parts, police said. He led police on an 80-mph chase in a pickup truck before crashing through two fences near the playground at St. Rita's School, police said.

On Tuesday morning, a truck belonging to Jackson was found parked on Kerner Boulevard, and police asked workers in the area to keep an eye out for the suspect.

"We considered him to be possibly armed and dangerous," said San Rafael police spokeswoman Margo Rohrbacher.

At 4:39 p.m., a witness called police after seeing Jackson drive off in an 18-foot 1978 Dodge Sportsman motorhome on Kerner Boulevard. Police arrived and tried to stop the vehicle, but Jackson would not yield and the chase was on, Rohrbacher said.

The motorhome looped around streets in the Andersen Drive area before getting on southbound Highway 101. At the Greenbrae interchange, the vehicle took eastbound Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to Interstate 580 and went over the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge at speeds up to 70 mph. The California Highway Patrol joined the chase.

The motorhome exited Interstate 580 at Cutting Boulevard in Richmond and got back on 580 heading west at 80 mph.

"It wasn't in the best repair," Rohrbacher said. "Pieces were sort of falling off it as the pursuit continued."

The Sportsman went back over the bridge and took the Bellam Boulevard exit, clipping a woman in another car before taking Woodland Avenue and Andersen Drive into downtown. Another vehicle was sideswiped around Woodland Avenue.

The vehicle weaved through downtown San Rafael, passing the police department and City Hall on Fifth Avenue, before heading back toward Francisco Boulevard West. Police followed at low speeds, and a CHP officer rammed the motorhome with his patrol car in an unsuccessful attempt to end the pursuit.

Finally, the motorhome stopped at the Francisco Boulevard West onramp to southbound Highway 101. Jackson was arrested and taken to the police station for questioning.

"He was docile. He seemed reconciled," said San Rafael resident Steve Tulsky, 54, who stopped to observe the arrest. "He seemed busted. He just seemed like he was good and busted."

Police were still searching the motorhome, which was packed with debris, for weapons and evidence Tuesday night.

"There's a lot to go through," Rohrbacher said.






Nice chase in Tiburon by CHP, Marin Sheriff did some spike strip deployment. The best part was he ended up in front of the Tiburon Police Station :)




Frantic 911 Tiger Attack Calls Released



The dispatch records include the original call that was made at 5:04 p.m., three full minutes before fire and police logs show anyone was sent to the emergency. The call lasts more than 19 minutes. It was made by a zoo security guard and includes radio transmissions (broadcast over zoo radio and picked up over the 911 dispatch recording of the call) from zoo official Deb Howe who asks for police and fire while downplaying the incident. But after realizing a tiger is loose, Howe says at one point: "Alan, I've got a tiger out. Code One." Alan Feinberg, another zoo official, responds in shock over the radio: "What?"

The call captures zoo officials scrambling to deal with the crisis and the realization that Sousa is dead at the scene.

Here is the 911 audio from that call


Here is the audio for the initial fire dispatch to the scene.

This is the first 911 call from the Zoo, you can hear all the radio traffic from their radios in the background. It is followed by the call from one of the two injured people.


In another recording, police officers broadcasting over radio to the emergency dispatcher encounter the tiger attacking one of the victims (beginning at 16:06 in the recording). They soon report that they have shot the tiger.

Another call is made by Kulbir Dhaliwal, at 5:16 p.m., and is routed through a CHP dispatcher since the call was made from a cell phone. Dhaliwal is anxious that his brother, Paul, is not getting medical help. At 5:23 p.m., the call is cut off as Kulbir, who has been helping his brother control the bleeding under directions from a 911 dispatcher, gets attacked himself. Here's the audio from that call:


Cop Confiscates Pot, Bakes Brownies
BEEPCentral.com (Chicago Daily Herald) ^ | May 10, 2007 | Associated Press


Posted on 05/11/2007 12:28:29 PM PDT by bamahead


DEARBORN, Mich. -- A police officer who admitted taking marijuana from criminal suspects and baked it into brownies with his wife will avoid criminal charges.

The police department's decision not to pursue a case against former policeman Edward Sanchez left a bad taste in the mouth of at least one city official, who vowed to investigate.

"If you're a cop and you're arresting people and you're confiscating the marijuana and keeping it yourself, that's bad. That's real bad," said City Councilman Doug Thomas.

Sanchez, who resigned last year from the department in this Detroit suburb, declined comment Wednesday. Police Commander Jeff Geisinger did not return calls seeking comment.

The department's investigation began with an emergency call from Sanchez's home on April 21, 2006. On a 5-minute tape of the call, obtained by the Detroit Free Press, Sanchez told an emergency dispatcher he thought he and his wife were overdosing on marijuana.

"I think we're dying," he said. "We made brownies and I think we're dead, I really do."

Sanchez later told police investigators that his wife took the marijuana out of his police vehicle while he was sleeping. In a subsequent interview, he admitted he got the marijuana out of the car himself and put it in the brownie mix, police said.

His wife was also not charged.




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Suspect in police chase accused of drunk driving

CONCORD: Monday night pursuit ended in wreck that sent four men to hospital
By Robert Salonga
STAFF WRITER

Article Launched: 12/05/2007 02:59:01 AM PST


An Antioch man suspected of leading the California Highway Patrol on a high-speed chase Monday night that ended when he violently smashed into a van in Concord may have been driving under the influence, an officer said Tuesday.
Richard Terrell, 38, of Antioch will be arrested on suspicion of felony drunken driving and felony evasion after he is treated at a local hospital for injuries suffered in the crash, CHP Officer Scott Yox said.

According to CHP reports, about 9:30 p.m. an officer saw a Dodge Avenger speeding erratically on westbound Highway 4 near Bay Point. The officer began to pursue the car but lost sight of it, partly because it was traveling at more than 95 mph, Yox said.

Witnesses said that the Avenger initially traveled past the southbound Highway 242 split but swerved sharply right and down a dirt embankment.

Yox said the pursuing officer discovered the dirt tracks and went down the same path, regaining sight of the Avenger on southbound Highway 242. CHP reports indicate that the car, now with a flat tire, accelerated and exited on the Solano Way/Grant Street offramp.

The Avenger ran a red light and broadsided the passenger side of a Ford Econoline van at a speed described by the CHP, Concord police and witnesses as 85 to 100 mph. The impact knocked the van 25 feet and overturned it.

All three Antioch men in the van had head cuts.

Terrell had a compound ankle fracture. All four men were taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.


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Chase down 101 ends in S.F. rollover
 
Three people were treated at a San Francisco hospital for minor to moderate injuries early Monday morning after a police chase from Southern Marin ended in a rollover accident near Lombard Street, authorities said.
The driver, who refused to give his name to police and was not carrying identification, was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving under the name "John Doe," California Highway Patrol Officer Mary Ziegenbein said. Officers found an open, empty fifth of Hennessey cognac on the floor boards of the driver's seat, CHP Sgt. Steve Dutra said.

Ziegenbein said she did not know the driver's age and hometown, or the identity of the two passengers, but said one was on parole. All three men appeared to be in their early 20s, she said.

The chase began about 3:30 a.m. near Marin City after a sheriff's deputy attempted to pull over the two-door Toyota, which had a dangling headlight, the CHP said.

When the officer activated the overhead lights on his cruiser, the driver took off, taking Highway 101 south to the Golden Gate Bridge. Ziegenbein said authorities estimate the car went through the toll plaza at 80 to 90 mph. The driver exited Doyle Drive but lost control on Richardson Avenue, which turns into Lombard Street, the CHP said.

The car hit the outside wall of the curve and flipped, rolling onto its top and sliding for about 100 yards before coming to rest, Dutra said.

All three were taken to San Francisco General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the CHP said.

The Toyota had current registration stickers, but the plates did not match the car, indicating it may be an unreported stolen vehicle, Dutra said.

The incident is under investigation.

 




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Cops led on wild paper route    

A 33-year-old Mill Valley man took police on a wild two-hour ride early Friday after a van driven by an Independent Journal delivery woman was hijacked in San Rafael, police reported.

Maria Tivurcio of Novato was on her route delivering news rack copies of the IJ and stopped her 1995 Ford Windstar on Fourth Street and Tamalpais Avenue near Hilary's Kitchen and House of Bagels at 4:20 a.m.

Tivurcio told police a man standing on the sidewalk approached her window and told her she had a flat tire. She got out of the car to check what he indicated was the passenger-side tire - and the man jumped in the car and drove away.

Tivurcio quickly called 911 and police across the county were put on alert, said Margo Rohrbacher, spokeswoman for the San Rafael Police Department.

The van was westbound, heading toward San Anselmo, when police spotted it. The driver saw the patrol car and turned around, taking Second Street back toward San Rafael.

Police said the driver pulled over to the side of the road at Hetherton Street near Highway 101. When officers approached the van, the driver refused to get out. Within moments, the van was off again. It entered the freeway and exited on Interstate 580 eastbound.

The California Highway Patrol got into the chase and followed the van across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and through Richmond, where the driver began throwing bundles of newspapers out of the car in what apparently was an attempt to hit the patrol vehicles.

Officers continued their pursuit as the van crossed the San Francisco Bay Bridge, meandered down city streets, entered Highway 101 and traveled south toward the San Francisco International Airport.

The van finally came to a halt when the engine apparently gave out, and the driver jumped out and ran. He was located by airport police and taken into custody.

The suspect, Ahmed Bayoumi, was booked in Marin County Jail on suspicion of stealing a car, evading police and resisting arrest, Rohrbacher said.




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ANTIOCH CARJACKING LEADS TO PURSUIT, CRASH AND ARRESTS

12/04/06 12:50 PST

ANTIOCH (BCN)

Authorities have arrested two people suspected of carjacking a van at gunpoint in Antioch Sunday and then leading police on a lengthy pursuit that began in Martinez and ended in a non-injury crash in Livermore, Antioch police reported today.

Antioch police responded to a report of a carjacking at 9:15 p.m. The victim told police that two people had confronted him as he was getting out of his van.

One of the people brandished what appeared to be a handgun and demanded his vehicle, police reported.

Police put out a countywide alert asking law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for the stolen vehicle.

A short time later, Martinez police spotted the vehicle and gave chase.

The California Highway Patrol joined the pursuit when the suspects entered Interstate Highway 80 and then Interstate Highway 580. Several other local agencies aided in the pursuit as well, Antioch police reported.

The suspects later exited the highway and headed into Livermore, where the vehicle crashed.

The suspects were taken into custody and booked into the Contra Costa County Detention Facility in Martinez, police reported

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Audio recorded by David Carmean


Hayward officer wounded, man killed in I-880 shooting
- Bay City News
Saturday, December 2, 2006

(12-02) 21:35 PDT HAYWARD -- A 7-year veteran of the Hayward Police
Department remains in stable but fair condition after being shot in
the torso by a man during the course of a car stop on northbound
Interstate Highway 880 between Tennyson Road and Industrial Parkway in
Hayward this afternoon.

According to Hayward police Lt. Reid Lindblom, Officer Carlos Martinez
was shot around 3:15 p.m. as he and three other officers attempted to
stop a man believed to have an outstanding felony warrant for a
weapons violation.

Lindblom reported that after the officers turned on their lights and
directed the man to the right side of I-880, the man jumped out of his
car and fired on the two or three police vehicles present.

In the ensuing exchange of gunfire, Martinez struck the man, who was
alone in his car, and the man has died, Lindblom said.

Northbound lanes on I-880 will be closed until 10 p.m. tonight, as the
area is being treated as a crime scene, with investigators taking
pictures and collecting evidence.

The three other officers present were not injured during the gunfire,
but cars passing by were struck by stray bullets, Lindblom said.

Lindblom is not aware of any injuries to any other drivers on I-880
due to the shooting.

Prior to attempting to pull the man over, the officers recognized the
man's car and had knowledge of his outstanding warrant, Lindblom said.

The man's identity cannot be released at this time because the man's
family has not been notified of his death, according to Lindblom.

All of the officers involved in the incident will be placed on paid
leave until the investigation is complete, Lindblom said.

Copyright 2006 by Bay City News, Inc.




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Man shot dead in Marin City
Gary Klien
Marin Independent Journal
 
A 35-year-old Richmond man was shot to death in Marin City early Saturday in what police are investigating as a possible drug turf battle.
Darryl Lamont Harris was found dead of numerous gunshot wounds shortly after 2:19 a.m., when residents called 911 to report the sound of gunfire in the area of Drake Avenue and Cole Drive, an area known for drug dealing.

Harris' body was found in the parking lot of 30 Cole Drive. The killer or killers fled before police arrived.

Police are investigating whether Harris was a drug dealer who was killed by rival dealers, but they are also examining other possible motives, said sheriff's Sgt. Jerry Niess. He declined to elaborate.

"We have leads," he said. "We have things we're following up on."

An autopsy is pending.

Sheriff's detectives have encountered some difficulty in the past in getting witnesses to cooperate with investigations into violent drug-related crimes in Marin City, most notably the 1997 shooting death of Ronnie Small Jr.

Niess declined to comment on whether residents were cooperating in the Harris investigation, but in interviews with the Independent Journal, even some who spoke favorably of the victim were unwilling to talk about him unless they remained unidentified.

"He was a nice guy," said one man who knew Harris. "If he could help his friends, he'd help his friends. I'm just mad about it.

"I heard the gunshots. I walked out to see what's going on. I'm still shocked. He didn't mess with nobody."

Another man who knew Harris also described him as very friendly - and as a "high-class drug dealer."

"He always had the best crack," the man said. "It's an inside job, trust me. It's an inside job."

Police did not dispute reports that Harris was suspected of selling drugs in the area, but they still had not confirmed late Saturday that the shooting was drug-related, and they were exploring several alternative explanations for the attack.

The shooting was the talk of the neighborhood and the shopping center well into the night, with residents trading information and speculation. Residents and police said Harris, a Richmond resident whose family lives in the East Bay, stayed at various addresses in Marin City from time to time.

"I used to see him maybe twice a week," said one Marin City woman who was friends with Harris' former girlfriend. "He was kind of quiet, unless you knew him. He was well-spoken."

Some residents grieved for the neighborhood itself.

"It's really sad. There's so much loss in our community," said Antoine Austin, a community volunteer who knew Harris. "It didn't just hurt him ... it hurts the whole community."

Austin said Harris had served time in prison and was recently "trying to turn his life around."

"But sometimes life comes back to get you," Austin said.

Bruce Lewis, 26, a Marin City resident who was raised there, said the neighborhood in recent years has seen an influx of people from places like Los Angeles, New York and New Orleans, creating new dynamics and tensions.

"I wouldn't be surprised if the guy was killed just because it's a bad mix down here," Lewis said. "Half the people I talked to didn't know who he was."

The murder was the second in Marin County in less than six weeks. On Sept. 11, Adolfo Romeo De Leon Lopez, a 34-year-old San Rafael resident, was shot to death in an encounter with a gunman outside a Canal neighborhood apartment building. The suspect, 48-year-old Robert Thomas Middagh of San Rafael, was arrested hours later after police found him clinging to a dock in the canal.

Middagh was charged and has pleaded not guilty. Investigators have not released a motive for the shooting.

 





Two Arrested In SF Double Shooting

POSTED: 11:46 am PST January 28, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO -- Police have taken two people into custody in connection with a double shooting incident that occurred in the city's southeast section Friday night, according to San Francisco police Officer George Swartz.

The first shooting victim was hit in the head and neck with what appeared to be pellets from a shotgun, Swartz said. The shooting occurred in the area of Quint Street and Maddux Avenue at around 10 p.m.

According to police, a suspect in that shooting then ran to the 100 block of Topeka Avenue and shot a second victim in the hand with what police believe was a semi-automatic gun.

Both victims were transported to San Francisco General Hospital. Swartz did not have any information on the severity of the victims' injuries.

At around 11:25 p.m. Friday police took two people into custody in connection with the double shooting. Police also recovered a gun believed to be connected with the incident, Swartz said.



Audio from chase..

7/14/06-This chase started off in Novato and then entered highway 101 shortly thereafter. They terminated just past Petaluma and Novato PD took the chase the whole way, the CHP never took over. Its funny to hear the PD hit the spike strips and get taken out of the chase... :) Sorry about the audio being a little over modulated I had it set too high on the recording level.
 


Audio from chase


A man is taken into custody on Lincoln Avenue near Third Street in San Rafael after the tires on his vehicle were deflated by spike strips. IJ photo/Alan Dep


52-mile chase ends in Marin
 
Gary Klien
Marin Independent Journal

 

A parolee-at-large was arrested late Wednesday night after leading officers on a 52-mile pursuit through five counties before police blew out his tires in downtown
San Rafael, police said.
Richard Paul, a San Rafael resident, was taken into custody on Lincoln Avenue between Second and Third streets as crowds gathered on the street corners to watch.

San Rafael Sgt. Chris Coale said the successful use of spike strips to deflate the suspect's tires allowed the chase to end with no injuries and damage only to the vehicle itself.

"If he wanted to, he could've come down here at 60 to 65 mph an hour," Coale said. "The spike strips stopped him."

The chase began in North Richmond when police tried to stop Paul's truck for expired registration tags. The driver didn't stop, and a check of the license plate number told police he was a wanted parolee.

"He's got numerous warrants," Coale said.

Police followed the truck at speeds of 60 to 65 mph up Richmond Parkway and around to Highway 37, taking the chase from Contra Costa County into Solano, Napa and Sonoma counties and finally into Marin, said Contra Costa County sheriff's Cpl. Tim Allen.

"He didn't yield," Allen said.

As the pickup truck, followed by a procession of police cars and a police helicopter, headed down Highway 101, San Rafael police posted officers at the city offramps.

The truck took the Lincoln Avenue offramp, where San Rafael police Cpl. Mike Mathis lay a spike strip in the street. It blew out the truck's right front tire.

"We were parked on the side of the road," Mathis said. "He didn't have a chance."

The truck kept going, but another spike strip placed in the road by San Rafael police Officer Chuck Tirre popped two more tires. This cut the truck's speed to about 30 to 35 mph as it thumped down Lincoln Avenue.

"The front was bumping up and down," said Cole Sutton, a San Rafael resident who observed the end of the pursuit. "I could see the helicopter chasing it. The front was bumping up and down as it drove."

The truck veered into the curb and came to a stop, and police arrested Paul without further incident.

"I think it went well," Coale said. "All the units worked together."

Paul's age and the nature of his warrants were not immediately available.

 


Audio from Chase recorded by Todd Berry
 
Bank Robbers Dump Cash During South Bay Chase

MILPITAS, Calif. - Three bank robbers led police on a short lived chase that ended along Interstate 680 in Milpitas. The robbers threw cash out of their vehicle during the chase. A San Jose police spokesman said that some drivers pulled over and picked up some of the cash. The police department is asking anyone who picked up money from the road to turn it in.

Southbound lanes were closed at Landess for more than an hour. Traffic along 680 backed up quickly.
Chopper 11 was above the scene and showed a black truck pulled over along the side of the highway with two white duffel bags in the bed of the vehicle.
The Wells Fargo Bank at Meridian and Hillsdale avenues was robbed at gunpoint at 2:45 p.m. according to the San Jose police department.
The suspects drove away in a gray pick up that was then spotted by police officer who started a pursuit along the freeway.
The pursuit ended on 680 and the suspects were arrested.
The California Highway Patrol said there are no reported injuries.
Police fanned out and walked along the highway to scour the sides of the road for cash.



SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) -- Police say that the annual Halloween block party in the Castro District went much better than last year, with many fewer incidents of violence.

Last year's party was marred by arrests, fights and stabbings. Police this year enforced a strict code of no drinking on the streets. Police reported only one major incident during the party, 22 arrests for being drunk in public, and two other unrelated criminal arrests during the party.

One man was shot just before midnight at the corner of Market Street and 17th Street, said police spokesman. Neville Gittens. He said that the crowd was pretty thick in that are and the man was shot in his leg, with the bullet passing through the victim's leg. The man's injuries were not severe, Gittens said, and the man was able to walk himself to a paramedic aid station for help.

The man was unable to give a detailed description of the incident of the shooter. As of 1:15 a.m. police were still working on shutting down the block party and directing foot traffic out of the area in an orderly manner. Some reports of a group of men brandishing handguns in the area of Church and Market streets earlier in the night proved unfounded, he said.


This BOL has been put out a number of times to ALL agencies, a bit different



Some communications from the detail during the Oakland A's game 10/6/03




Audio from major MVA in Valejo on 7/25/03



I ran Scanner Recoder on 124.300 all day today and got some very interesting communications between the various choppers in the air space around the Bay area.


124.300 communications

This is a very cool chase from the Sacramento Sheriff's dept sent to me by a friend there. Im going to be posting more  chases recorded there.

Chase from Sacramento Sheriff's Department


Nice little chase last night that stated with a failure to yeild on the Hayward CHP frequency and then moves to the San Jose CHP frequency where they eventually PITTED the perp.. Nice job..

CHP chase on 3/21/03




CHP H-30 looking for a perp in Marin City on 2/10/03

Here is what H-30 sounded like flying overhead last night

Nice assist from CHP H-30 in a chase on 2/9/03 near Oakland

Here is some communications from BART on 2/2/03 when there was a body on the tracks and one of the trains ran over the body. You can hear how upset the BART operator was and how the dispatcher tried to keep her calm.

Communications on BART after body was found on tracks


Here is a sample of the radio traffic in Oakland last night

Oakland Rioters Torch Cars, McDonald's Posted:

January 26, 2003 at 5:31 p.m. Updated: January 27, 2003 at 11:09 a.m.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Rowdy crowds set cars on fire, pelted passing vehicles with rocks and bottles and vandalized a fast-food restaurant in the wake of the Oakland Raiders' Super Bowl loss Sunday.

Police say arrests approached a hundred last night during the melee as officers tried to control the mob of vandals and looters with tear gas and rubber bullets. Police in riot gear responded with rubber bullets and tear gas, and briefly closed some stretches of city streets.

At least two cars were set on fire, and the windows were broken on at least one television news van. One group of young men set debris on fire in the middle of a street and then posed for news photographers. Rioters broke nearly every window at a McDonalds restaurant.

Tear gas wafted through the area, and some witnesses picked up rubber bullets fired by police.

After the Raiders advanced to the Super Bowl last week, crowds set fires, broke windows and threw rocks and bottles. Oakland officials had vowed to prevent a repetition of the violence following the Super Bowl, and hundreds of extra officers were assigned to work Sunday.

Some shop owners in the area of last week's violence closed at kickoff time in hopes of avoiding trouble.

Great chase by Sonoma County Sheriff's dept of wanted parolee

Police spikes nail deputy tires

Santa Rosa officer lays strips, fails to warn sheriff's officers pursuing suspect

January 23, 2003

By RANDI ROSSMANN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Whoops.

A Santa Rosa police officer put spike strips down Wednesday to help catch a speeding driver and instead popped the tires on the cars of two sheriff's deputies who hadn't been warned to watch out.

The suspect swerved to avoid getting skewered.

The first deputy to follow him also missed the spikes. The chase continued on to Petaluma, where the fleeing driver ran over a spike strip laid out by another deputy.

Dan Minto, 33, of San Mateo was arrested and taken to Sonoma County jail.

As he led the chase, deputies saw items being thrown from the car window, including a 12-gauge shotgun. The items, apparently stolen, were later collected and detectives are now working to clear up some recent burglaries, Sheriff's Capt. Dave Sederholm said.

Santa Rosa police hadn't been asked to join the pursuit. "They intercepted our radio traffic on the scanner and an officer from Santa Rosa deployed a spike strip and two of our cars ran over it," he said.

Red-faced Santa Rosa police officials are investigating why the spike strip was deployed and why the deputies weren't informed about it.

It was unclear if the officer made the decision or was directed to do so by a supervisor, said Santa Rosa Police Cmdr. Steve Thomas, who declined to release the officer's name.

The pursuit began just after 1 a.m. in west Santa Rosa.

A man told deputies that two men in a white Buick drove him to the Willowside Road area, assaulted him and fired guns at him, Sederholm said. The man said he escaped by swimming across a flood control channel.

A deputy tried to pull over a similar car spotted nearby, Sederholm said, but the driver sped away.

On Stony Point Road near West College Avenue, the Santa Rosa officer heard the chase was coming his way and put out the strip.

Authorities said Minto and a deputy directly behind him apparently saw the officer and the strip and both avoided it.

Two more deputies trailing them hit the spikes and were forced out of the chase, which then continued south toward Petaluma.

It ended at Stony Point and Pepper roads when Minto crossed over the second spike strip, Sheriff's Lt. Steve Satterwhite said.

The chase lasted about 20 minutes and covered almost 20 miles, Satterwhite said.

Minto was in Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of possessing stolen property, evading arrest and violating probation.

Authorities are trying to determine if he was involved in the assault reported in the Willowside Road area.

Nice chase by San Rafael PD on New Years Eve into Richmond

1 Guard Dead, 1 Injured in Bank Robbery

Here is the audio I recorded shortly after the event started there is also audio pertaining to the hostage standoff

Posted: November 21, 2002 at 1:34 p.m. Updated: November 21, 2002 at 5:27 p.m.

BERKELEY (KRON) -- A female Brinks guard shot dead during a robbery at a Wells Fargo bank in Berkeley today never drew her weapon, police said.

The woman and another male guard were shot at about 1 p.m. during the robbery that occurred on a side entrance of the bank located at 2929 Seventh St. Capt. Bobby Miller said it is unclear whether the robbers were targeting the bank or the Brink's truck, but he described the robbery as fast and well organized.

"The female's weapon was still in it's holster. I saw that," he said.

The second guard is in surgery at Highland Hospital, Miller said. He did not know if the male guard was able to draw his weapon or fire any shots at the robbers.

A third guard reportedly jumped in the truck during the robbery and drove it back to the Brink's headquarters in Oakland, Miller said. A spokeswoman for Brink's refused to comment.

Miller said they have recovered a bank bag inside a late model white Ford Explorer that is believed to have been the getaway vehicle. It was found abandoned about a half a block from the bank in the parking lot of Orchard Supply Hardware store on Ashby Avenue. He said the bag's contents have not been examined.

At this point, Miller said they know that at least one AK-47 assault rifle was used during the robbery and that shell casings were found both inside and outside the bank. He said firefighters are cutting holes in the bank's walls to recover bullets.

Miller said they are slow to release information about the robbery because the murder is the first priority of the investigators.

Miller said they are looking for two black men who are about 5 foot 10 inches tall, about 200 pounds and dressed in dark clothing.

Berkeley Standoff Suspect Found Dead

Posted: November 21, 2002 at 1:34 p.m. Updated: November 21, 2002 at 5:23 p.m.

BERKELEY (BCN) -- A male suspect has been found dead in an apparent failed standoff in Berkeley. Police are now investigating the possibility of an explosive device brought in by the suspect.

Police Sgt. Kay Lantow said that officers were sent to 1780 Second St. at 11:19 a.m. on a report of a man with a gun inside the building. Lantow could not confirm what type of weapon the suspect had, however it was reported he had a handgun.

As officers arrived on the scene, employees were exiting the building, which Lantow said was occupied by Kaiser Construction Services.

For a time, seven to eight employees remained unaccounted for. Police say the people were apparently in a staff meeting in conference room when the incident began and weren't rescued until several hours later.

Police received a phone call from someone inside the building, which apparently led to the people's rescue.

In describing the people held inside the building, Lantow said they were "very frightened and concerned for one another."

It is unclear if the suspect knew the people were in the building, and Lantow stopped short of calling the incident a hostage situation.

Police believe the building has been evacuated, according to Lantow.

Police have set up a perimeter around several blocks and are interviewing some of the people who were stuck inside.

A command post is located at Second and Cedar streets.

Many roads are closed around I-80 and traffic is backing up for miles in both directions. On-ramps and off-ramps to I-80 are reportedly closed.

Communications that took place after a jumper went off the Golden Gate Bridge

Nice little chase by CHP in Contra Costa County

Here is the audio I recorded last night of the search for the perps

Police seek robbers who shot cop in face

EAST PALO ALTO -- Three SWAT teams swarmed an East Palo Alto neighborhood early Saturday morning hunting for two of three men wanted after a Mountain View police officer was shot in the face Friday night.

The officer was shot as he pursued the three men on a wild car chase up Central Avenue after they robbed a Carl's Jr. and the Bay Food Mart at 209 and 235 East Middlefield Road in Mountain View. Despite his wound, the officer continued to pursue the robbers.

The officer's gunshot wound was not thought to be life-threatening and he was being treated at Stanford Medical Center, police said.

The name of the wounded officer was not released Friday.

The three men, identified as white by police, continued firing at police as they drove through Mountain View and caused an accident at San Antonio and Middlefield roads.

The officer's car died during the chase on Central Avenue after bullets hit it.

The gunmen fled onto Highway 101 and exited at University Avenue in East Palo Alto. They crashed the Isuzu Rodeo they were driving at University Avenue and Donahoe Street.

The man in custody Friday night called police on a cell phone and said he wanted to surrender.

Authorities said it was unclear whether the armed men were wanted in connection with a spree of bank robberies over the past month and a Brinks heist in San Mateo Friday morning.

One of the gunmen was wearing a ski mask, police said.

Mountain View police called the California Highway Patrol for help at 9:56 p.m. Friday after the shooting.

Here is some of the intial traffic between the vessel and USCG

Man Arrested as Search Continues for Man Overboard Sunday, 27-Oct-2002 10:40AM

The San Francisco Police has arrested a man on suspicion of murder this morning after he fought, and then threw, a man over the railing of a "booze cruise'' ship and into the dark waters off Hunter's Point.

The chances of the swimmer's survival are getting slimmer as a U.S. Coast Guard ship continues to search nearly eight hours after responding to the initial report of a man overboard at 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Coast Guard has said the man can survive for nearly nine hours in the 57-degree-Fahrenheit waters, an estimate that takes into account the fact that the 30-year-old victim had a few drinks, was not wearing a life jacket, but does know how to swim.

It does not, however, take into account that the man may have been injured during the fight, according to Coast Guard Petty Officer Carl Hausner.

A Coast Guard helicopter, which arrived on the scene at midnight, stopped searching at 4 a.m. but will return at first light, said Hausner. The original boat on the scene, a 41-foot utility boat, has meanwhile been replaced by the Tern, an 87-foot Coast Guard cutter.

"Hopefully this guy made it,'' said police Inspector Sergio Chin, who is leading the investigation. He also had the difficult job of escorting the victim's sobbing girlfriend off the boat and into a waiting patrol car.

Chin is releasing little information but has already interviewed the suspect, a 27-year-old man who eyewitnesses say is bald, around six feet tall and wearing a gray jacket and blue jeans. "He looked very agro,'' meaning aggressive, said one observer.

The police found several witnesses to the fight after meticulously interviewing and writing down contact information for all 270 people aboard the Royal Princess, a cruise ship that departed from Pier 43-1/2 at the Fisherman's Wharf earlier that night.

"Witnesses say the suspect threw the victim overboard,'' confirmed Chin, who would not say how the fight started or whether the victim was already injured when he hit the water.

Chin did say, however, that no one saw the victim after he was thrown overboard, even though the captain of the Royal Princess circled the area several times.

The fight happened during an alleged "booze cruise,'' a nighttime boat tour that attracts young partygoers with easy-access bars and multiple dance floors. No one was available for comment at the Red and White Fleet, the family-owned business that owns the Royal Princess and has been running ferries and tourist boats in the Bay since 1892.

The Coast Guard says it will search until at least noon today and that its search area is expanding with time and moving south along with the currents.

The man may be difficult to spot in the water because he was wearing jeans and a gray shirt, according to the Coast Guard's Hausner. "It's very difficult to spot a person at night with dark clothes.''

High-Speed Police Pursuit Ends in Drainage Ditch

The California Highway Patrol reports that a man was sent to the hospital this morning after leading police in a 100-mph-plus pursuit that ended in a drainage ditch near the Antioch Bridge. Police first attempted to pull over the four-door Honda at 1:07 a.m. today after it sped through a stop sign in Pittsburg, police say. Police chased the car as it roared down state Highway 4 at speeds over 100 mph and eventually headed across the San Joaquin River on the Antioch Bridge. Shortly after reaching the other side of the bridge, however, the car crashed through a fence and overturned in a drainage ditch near the Sherman Island Road exit, police say. The driver apparently tried to flee but ended up flailing around in the murky waters of a drainage ditch until police pulled him out, dried him off and sent him to the hospital for unspecified injuries. Police were unable to confirm reports that the vehicle was stolen. RossWehner0421a09/23/02

Here is some audio of the Blue Angels when they were in the Bay area

Audio of 911 call to SFPD dispatch from CHP and then audio from event prior to fatal TC

Police Release Dispatch Tape from Deadly Crash

Officer Jon Cook died in a car accident last week.

Police have just released the haunting sounds on tape of the panic following last week's fatal crash between two San Francisco police cruisers.

"We've got officers down! We've got officers down! 17th and Dolores," an officer says frantically. "We've just been in a major 7-19."

Two squad cars were chasing after a domestic assault suspect when they collided at the intersection of 17th St. and Dolores in San Francisco. Officer Jon Cook, 38, died in the accident. Three other officers were injured.

Prosecutors have not ruled out charging the assault suspect, Monte Haney, with Cook's death.


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This is pretty funny about booking a person with one leg :)

Nice chase in Napa into Vallejo

Nice chase by Contra Costa Sheriff's department on 4/30/02

The CHP part of the chase communications from the Blue frequency

04.22.02 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A man avoiding a traffic stop led CHP officers on a chase around the Bay Area at speeds as high as 110 miles per hour this morning.

The chase started around 12:40 am in Sunnyvale, went up to San Francisco, then back through Daly City and San Jose, and finally over to San Ramon.

CHP officers bumped the fleeing car and stopped it around 2:15 this morning.

The unidentified man was then arrested. No word yet on why he fled the traffic stop for speeding.

No one was hurt in the early morning chase.

Some U2 traffic with Oakland Center

9th Reconnaissance Wing professionals providing America the world's finest high-altitude reconnaissance. . . ANYTIME, ANYWHERE The 9th Reconnaissance Wing is responsible for providing national and theater command authorities with timely, reliable, high-quality, high-altitude reconnaissance products. To accomplish this mission, the wing is equipped with the nation?s fleet of U-2 reconnaissance aircraft and associated support equipment. The wing also maintains a high state of readiness in its combat support and combat service support forces for potential deployment in response to theater contingencies. Organized along the lines of the Air Force?s objective wing structure, the 9th Reconnaissance Wing is composed of more than 3,300 personnel in four groups at Beale and at four overseas operating locations

Good chase in Solano County last night. Nice speeds of 110 MPH and some assistance by CHP helicopter.

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Patient information of a transport by CALSTAR

Patient being transported after shooting in Vallejo on 5/20 via REACH

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Radio Traffic Documents Final Moments in WTC

There is also the audio I recorded that day posted at Firehouse.com

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Please note that these files can be disturbing to listen to...

Initial communications from the NYFD during WTC incident

Initial call. Collapse of first tower.

Initial communication from NYPD Emergency Services and NYFD

Excerpts of 911 Log on Sept. 11 Reveal Unfolding Terror The Associated Press Published: Oct 1, 2001

NEW YORK (AP) - The 911 entries started at 8:47 a.m. with the words "BLDG EXPLOSION." Incident No. 0727 quickly unfolded as a diary of terror, as call after desperate call rolled in from the World Trade Center. Excerpts from the log of the dispatcher for the Fire Department's Emergency Management Service were published Sunday in the Daily News.

The entries were published much as they appeared when they flashed on the computer screen Sept. 11. The time of each call is noted, and messages are abbreviated. MC stands for male caller, FC for female caller, STS for "states."

08:50:12 MC STS PLANE JUST FLEW INTO WORL TRADE CENTER--POSS COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE.

Then the calls began pouring in from One World Trade Center.

08:56:44 MC STS HE IS ON THE 87 FLR-STS 4 PERSON THERE W HIM-STS THERE IS FIRE.

08:57:26 PEOPLE SCREAMING IN BACKGROUND-STS CANNOT BREATHE--POSS SMOKE COMING THRU DOOR-FLR 103...TRAPPED.

09:04:50 MC-STS 103 FLR-CAN'T GET OUT-FIRE ON FLR...PEOPLE GETTING SICK

A report from the police aviation unit came in, saying people were falling from the building.

The dimensions of the disaster suddenly grew.

09:07:51 SECOND PLANE HIT THE SECOND BUILDING ... UNK EXTENT OF INJ.

09:09:14 MC STATES 2WTC--PEOPLE ARE JUMPING OUT OF THE SIDE OF A LRG HOLE--POSS NO ONE CATCHING THEM.

09:02:18 MC STS ON 106 FLR ABOUT 100 PEOPLE IN ROOM-NEED DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO STAY ALIVE.

09:17:39 MC STS ON 105 FLR...STAIRS COLLAPSE

09:36:33 FC STS THEY ARE STUCK THEY ARE STUCK IN THE ELEVATOR...STS THEY ARE DYING.

09:47:15 FC STS 2 WORLD TRADE CENTER--FLR105--STS FLOOR UNDERNEATH HER--COLLAPSE.

09:49:21 1 WORLD TRADE CTR...20 PEOPLE ON THE TOP WAVING...THEY ARE ALIVE PLEASE SEND HELP.

10:00:34 WORLD TRADE CENTER HAS COLLAPSED.

Suddenly all calls from that building ended. Calls from the north tower continued.

10:12:35 MC STS HE CAN BARELY BREATHE...105TH FLR

The calls ended at 10:33 a.m. as abruptly as they had begun, with a horrifying final note: "ENTIRE TOWER DOWN."

AP-ES-10-01-01 1650EDT

Here is the final part of the communications by SWAT from the stand off

Man kills grandson then self March 31, 2002 --

The Windsor Police Department said a 71-year-old man allegedly shot and killed his teenage grandson today before apparently turning the gun on himself following a four-hour standoff at a mobile home park. Carl Donahoe of Windsor killed himself just before 4 p.m., said Windsor Police Chief David Sederholm.

Sonoma County Sheriff's Department Lt. Matt McCaffrey said Donahoe called a county dispatcher at about 11:57 a.m. to report that he had shot and killed his grandson and that he was planning on taking his own life.

Neighbors said Donahoe lived in the double-wide mobile home with his wife, Pat, and their 18-year-old grandson, Jesse. Pat Donahoe was reportedly playing bingo in Hopland in Mendocino County when the shooting occurred, McCaffrey said.

Law enforcement officers responded to the scene at the Royal Mobile Manor mobile home park at 6555 Old Redwood Highway, and took up positions around the mobile home while making intermittent contact with Donahoe. Meanwhile, residents of the neighborhood were forced to evacuate.

Chief Sederholm said authorities last spoke with Donahoe at about 3:40 p.m. and that he was clearly distraught. Donahoe asked for more time so that he could calm down, Sederholm said, and told authorities to call him back in about 10 minutes.

Just minutes before 4 p.m., however, authorities heard a single gunshot, Sederholm said. A Special Weapons and Tactics team that had taken up positions around the home lobbed two flash-bang diversionary devices inside the mobile home and rushed in through the main entrance.

The home then caught fire and firefighters responded to the scene to douse the blaze.

Sederholm said that Donahoe killed himself. Both his body and the corpse of his grandson remain in the burned mobile home.

The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.

Neighbor Charlotte Duffy described the older man as "really friendly, friendly as he could be."

"He's just as nice as pie," she said.

Duffy said that when she heard a single gunshot around noon, she thought it was a firecracker.

Neighbor Sean Barry, 19, said that both grandfather and grandson worked at Wal-Mart until Jesse quit a couple of months ago. He said Donahoe worked as a door greeter at the store and that Jesse used to work as a stockperson and cart collector.

McCaffrey said the Sheriff's Department has never been called to the suspect's home in past.


Full Audio from TWA Flight 800

Nice chase in San Mateo County on 3/05

Sunday morning OES Radio test on 154.220-10:00 AM PST

Communications received on 271.000 AM in the Bay area

Some interesting surveilance communications in the Bay area..

I dont want to list the frequency this took place on for security reasons.

Short chase in Santa Clara but vehicle rolls over

Shooting in Vallejo on 1/21 then MAJOR crowd problems

This is the San Jose PD part of the chase

Nice chase in the Bay area tonight, 01/16/02-This is the Second Part with the CHP

100-Mile Chase To Catch Stolen Car Email story to a friend (Livermore-AP) -- Highway patrol officers got a scenic tour of the San Francisco Bay area last night before finally arresting a man suspected in the theft of an SUV. San Jose police say the 100-mile chase began when a stakeout team watching two stolen cars parked at a motel moved in. One man was captured immediately. A second man jumped into a new Ford Explorer and took off.

Police officers began chasing the vehicle -- then turned the chase over to the CHP when the car headed north on Highway 101. The driver crossed the Bay Bridge and headed east on Interstate 580. He finally was stopped just past Livermore.

Jesse Watson of Morgan Hill was booked early today for investigation of evading arrest and possession of a stolen vehicle.


This is the BOL that went over the radio for this suspect

Every year the San Mateo Sheriff's office does this funny BOL for Christmas, this is the first part

Here is the second part