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Columbus man is in custody, and another is on the follow leading authorities on a high-speed chase in two stolen vehicles that reached speeds of more than 160 miles per hour.
The Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office states they got a 911 call at about 8:15 a.m. morning about 2 automobiles having been stolen from the Insurance Auto Auction, which is just about two-tenths of a mile from the department.
Private investigators believe the burglars browsed the auction's internet website to identify the cars and trucks, which they drove out as soon as the business opened
One of the two automobiles was a high-performance 2020 Dodge Charger with a SCAT PACK, the other a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible.
A ‘‘ BOLO' was instantly sent by dispatchers and the 2 vehicles were first identified in the neighboring community of Uhrichsville, where police did their best to give chase.
The cars both went from Route 250 onto State Route 36 where they were traveling with the white Dodge in front of the Camaro already reaching speeds of more than 100 miles per hour.
Authorities inform Fox 8 the motorist of the Camaro in fact pulled over for law enforcement officer in Uhrichsville however scampered when the officer got out of his cars and truck to join the white Dodge.
The two cars and trucks went through a hectic crossway and onto the winding rural Rt. 36 at very high speeds.
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When they were very first spotted by Gnadenhutten Police Chief Dennis Moody in his Ford SUV patrol vehicle, a Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Deputy was still behind them.
" I could barely see his (the deputies) lights when I pulled out because they were going so fast yeah," said Moody who likewise said the two cars were passing trucks on the two-lane road prior to they reached his place.
Moody's body video camera reveals him reaching speeds of as high as 126 miles per hour but the two stolen cars were still distancing themselves from him.
" I wasn't sure if I needed to put more foot into it to get up to their speed or to stay back and simply keep an eye on them because I don't wish to be accountable for killing someone in a vehicle going that fast to capture someone," Moody said.
Less than two minutes into his pursuit Moody's dash camera shows flashes in electric lines ahead of him where the Dodge crashed.
The cars and truck went air-borne off of SR-36 and into a field taking out a six-foot section of an utility pole, wiping out a seven-foot-tall school bus shelter and damaging the vehicle.
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It came to rest in a soybean field owned by Dave Dennis who was in his home at the time.
"I was being in a chair, a kickback chair viewing Fox 8 news and all of an abrupt I felt a shake in your home and a boom. It shook your house and I heard a boom and heard the sirens," Dennis stated.
"With just a few of the restoration that has actually happened so far that the lorry was airborne prior to striking the utility pole so it appears like a great deal of the impact was to the bottom of the lorry," said Fisher.
Moody's body camera video shows officers from multiple companies, Ohio Highway Patrol Troopers and Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Deputies taking Conde into custody after he crawled out of the vehicle.
A tire, that came off of a front wheel, was found on the edge of the field about 100 yards away.
Conde is heard informing authorities that he was not the motorist and the driver was someplace in nearby woods, so they had no choice but to search for another individual before figuring out that Conde was alone in the vehicle.
Incredibly he complained of sore ribs but suffered no severe injuries.
Moody states he informed authorities he was using his seat belt at the time of the crash.
Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office Captain Adam Fisher stated the thieves drove to New
Philadelphia in an automobile that was leased from the
Columbus airport.
"For them to be going 163 miles an hour and Port
Washington is simply five-six miles down the roadway and that's a 35-mile-an-hour zone," Moody stated.
The Camaro was ultimately abandoned in Coshocton County where authorities said it was not damaged.
Fisher stated Conde was not previously known to authorities in Tuscarawas County.
"He is currently on probation with the Franklin Co. typical pleas court and he does have a pretty substantial criminal history to consist of some robberies, thefts and a tried theft of a motor vehicle," Fisher stated.
He was examined at a regional health center and launched to the custody of Tuscarawas County Authorities where he is being kept in the county prison facing various charges.
Authorities continue to try to determine his accomplice.
"I would state he's absolutely lucky to be alive and it was just fate," Fisher said.
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