Dump truck ramming plays out like cop reality TV show

Dramatic video footage released on Sunday from three Stow police cruisers involved in a 52.5-mile chase of a stolen dump truck looks as if it could have come from a cop reality television show.

The stolen dump truck, which police say was driven Saturday by a 17-year-old suspect through the streets of Stow and the highways of three counties, crashed into police cruisers and private vehicles and headed in reverse down a major road while being pursued by police before spinning and totaling a cruiser.

That's before the dump truck got out of Stow and headed down state Route 8 and Interstate 77 through Summit, Stark and Tuscarawas counties, then crashed with a flat tire into a guard rail.

In parts of one cruiser's video, various objects, including two bricks and a tarp, are seen being thrown from the dump truck's window. Police also said a fire extinguisher was thrown out of the truck toward a line of police cars from various departments in pursuit on the highway.


A Stow teen has been charged in juvenile court with three counts of felonious assault with a weapon (the truck), a count of willfully fleeing and eluding a police officer, driving with a suspended license, three counts of vandalism (of cars) and a count of receiving stolen property.

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[dilauroj94]

whoa whoa whoa. i was expecting terrorists on top of buildings with ak47s, john mcclane jumping out of police cars and a few helicopters, what gives!

[hellboy8788]

Why didn't they just spike his tires?

[MrPolymers]

I would have shot several rounds into the windshield. The police have their hands too damn tied. This jerk of a punk did many hundreds of thousands of dollars damage let alone potentially kill someone.. Work his punk ass off to pay the damages. Then, shackle his ass for a few years in the State Pen..

[realrocky8591]

Video "coutesy" of the SPD? LMAO!!! 6:19.

[Dexi]

@4BlocksE2ndOnRight lolololololololol

[4BlocksE2ndOnRight]

@Dexi Dear, Should I quote you or would that be unkind?

[Dexi]

@4BlocksE2ndOnRight - No, you're too much fun to laugh at, you can't go! I'm really having fun knowing that I don't actually have to deal with someone as stupid as you in real life. You can't even answer a simple question. hahaha. So funny.

[4BlocksE2ndOnRight]

@Dexi I have to express an apology. A received an angry comment advising me that I was corresponding with a young girl and I was not being very fair to a child. Sorry about that. Steering a teenage male in the right direction is different than pointing the way for a 12-rear-old female. I apologise if this comes across as chavinistic. I assumed you were male and older. Someone else can explain the video to you. I hope you grow to be an intelligent and understanding young woman. Farewell dear

[Dexi]

@4BlocksE2ndOnRight TROLOLOL still avoiding the question. You're like a dumb dog that won't roll over no matter how bad he wants the treat. How do you get by in life? PS. After looking at your channel and history, I can see that you're also a pseud-know-it-all political obsessor. This explains why you're being so ridiculous. I understand now, and I won't try to make you use your brain anymore. I see that it's a lot of stress for you to try to form a sane thought on something.

[4BlocksE2ndOnRight]

@Dexi Dexi, with 494 available keystrokes, it can be challenging to set the stage for you. Perhaps, you might prefer to limit your rhetoric to the matter at hand. Here's an example which might illustrate the challenge. I had an older brother who left home and married when I was 7. First came my niece and later, my nephew. There was not an especially large age difference. My nephew would ask me questions and I would provide an answer and almost invarianly, he would ask why? Remind you of someone?