Summary

Driver Robert Fernandez began his alleged attack on Fairhope Police officers early Friday morning. The frightening assaults are all caught on police dash cam video. "He was using his truck as a deadly weapon," says Fairhope Police Sgt. Craig Sawyer. Fernandez apparently went on a rampage, first hitting several parked cars near downtown Fairhope and then slammed into an apartment building. Officers responding to the scene immediately became targets. Fernandez hit two police cruisers at least three times before he was subdued with a taser gun and taken into custody. "I'm proud of our officers," says Sawyer. "The adrenaline was high, the fear was high but they used good judgment and the absolute minimal amount of force necessary." Fernandez is in the Baldwin County Corrections Center, charged with two counts of felony assault, two counts of reckless endangerment and multiple counts of criminal mischief.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 290765
Story Slug DRIVER’S CHASE A DEMOLITION DERBY 2008
Location FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA
Format DASHCAM
Date 6-06-2008
Archive Time 24:00
TRT 6:00
Video Description NIGHTTIME DASHCAM, NO AUDIO, COP CAR PULLS OVER, TRUCK RAMS FRONT OF COP CAR, DEBRIS FLIES, COP CAR BACKS UP AND SUSPECT DRIVES AT IT AGAIN, COP SWERVES BUT IS HIT ANYWAY, COP CAR PULLS INTO DIRT ROAD, WE SEE PEOPLE STANDING IN THEIR YARD WATCHING, COP TURNS AROUND AND PURSUES WITH LIGHTS FLASHING, COP IS JOINED BY OTHERS WHO CHASE SUSPECT THROUGH COUNTRY/RESIDENTIAL STREETS, COP CARS PIN SUSPECT IN, AN OFFICER RUNS TOWARDS SUSPECT WITH GUN RAISED, THREE OFFICERS PULL SUSPECT OUT AND TO THE GROUND, CUTS TO A SECOND DASHCAM, COP CAR TURNS AND FOLLOWS ANOTHER COP THROUGH COUNTRY AND RESIDENTIAL STREETS, COP CAR FOLLOWS SUSPECT INTO LARGE DIRT LOT, SUSPECT TURNS AND HITS COP CAR HEAD ON, AIR BAGS IN SUSPECT’S TRUCK DEPLOY,
Description Driver Robert Fernandez began his alleged attack on Fairhope Police officers early Friday morning. The frightening assaults are all caught on police dash cam video. "He was using his truck as a deadly weapon," says Fairhope Police Sgt. Craig Sawyer. Fernandez apparently went on a rampage, first hitting several parked cars near downtown Fairhope and then slammed into an apartment building. Officers responding to the scene immediately became targets. Fernandez hit two police cruisers at least three times before he was subdued with a taser gun and taken into custody. "I'm proud of our officers," says Sawyer. "The adrenaline was high, the fear was high but they used good judgment and the absolute minimal amount of force necessary." Fernandez is in the Baldwin County Corrections Center, charged with two counts of felony assault, two counts of reckless endangerment and multiple counts of criminal mischief.
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Keywords

CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
DASHCAM
HIGH SPEED CHASE
POLICE
COPS
COP
DANGEROUS
CRIME
CAR
CHASE
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