Police chase of an escapee reaches 111 mph

An escapee received a 35-year prison sentence today after he admitted to
assaulting a Spartanburg County man during an armed robbery and leading police on a
dangerous high-speed chase.
Thomas Osborne, 24, pleaded guilty to armed robbery, assault of a high and
aggravated nature and failure to stop for a blue light and siren. He will serve the balance
of an unrelated 20-year prison sentence before he begins serving the new sentence.
Osborne escaped from the Livesay Correctional Institute on April 25, 2009. He
ran from a guard who caught him using a cell phone in his dorm. He jumped several
fences at the Broadcast Drive prison and ran into a nearby neighborhood and confronted a
67-year-old man outside of a Brock Street home. The 67-year-old man said Osborne
climbed over a fence in his back yard and asked if he could use the telephone when he
approached. Osborne threatened the elderly man with a screw driver and took his cell
phone. Osborne fled the scene in the victim's 1997 Buick Park Avenue.
Minutes later, two Duncan police officers spotted Osborne driving the stolen car
southbound on I-85. The Duncan officers initiated a chase that reached speeds of more
than 110 mph before Osborne exited on Highway 101. Osborne's car collided with a
second vehicle at the intersection of Highway 80 and he continued driving until he
wrecked at the Old Woodruff Road intersection. Osborne climbed out of the wrecked car
and attempted to run again from the pursuing officers. The stolen cell phone was found
inside the wrecked car.
Principal Deputy Solicitor Barry Barnette played an in-car police video of the
pursuit.
"The old saying that picture is worth a thousand words couldn't be any more true
in this case," Barnette said. "The video clearly shows that Mr. Osborne put many
people's lives at risk when he tried to elude the police."
Osborne's prior criminal included convictions for second-degree burglary,
common-law robbery and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature out of
Anderson County.

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[wavejumpinseadoo]

@wavejumpinseadoo ....Then an Eclipse, my bad.

[wavejumpinseadoo]

@94dc2gsr I don't see an Eclipse, I see the Buick overtake a semi, then the Vette and the next car after that is a Mazda 3.

[94dc2gsr]

@wavejumpinseadoo He was talking about the eclipse

[JeepGuy80]

Another tax dollar expense to us, but well worth having off of our streets... Thumbs up

[wavejumpinseadoo]

@mattbjrs That was a '68-'82 Corvette

[mattbjrs]

At 2:48, the cop goes flying past that low sports car with the huge spoiler at almost 110 mph.

[FLICKtheUSA]

Only 111? I'm surprised that Buick could get past 80.