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* (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) * Rosemead, California — On October 19, 2021, at approximately 3:19 PM, Temple Sheriff’s Station received a telephone call regarding a suspicious person at a business in the 2100 block of San Gabriel Boulevard in the city of Rosemead. The caller reported a male had driven a black Mazda sedan into the parking lot of his business and told him he needed work completed quickly on his car because he had a murder warrant and the police were after him. The male was later identified as 25-year-old Adrian Abelar. Deputies arrived on scene and contacted the informant who reiterated Abelar told him he had a murder warrant. The informant asked that the male be made to leave his establishment. Two deputies approached the black Mazda and contacted Abelar, who was seated in the driver’s seat, and a female who was seated in the front passenger seat. Abelar did not have identification and provided false identifying information to the deputies. After speaking to Abelar for approximately five minutes, the deputies decided to direct him to step out of the vehicle in order to identify him and determine if he in fact had a warrant for his arrest. One of the deputies opened the driver’s side door of the Mazda and asked Abelar to step out. Abelar suddenly exited the car armed with a handgun in his right hand. The deputy yelled, “Gun, gun, gun” and a short physical struggle ensued. Both the deputy and Abelar fell to the ground next to the driver’s side door, and a deputy-involved shooting occurred. Abelar sustained a single gunshot wound to the upper body and was taken into custody. Deputies immediately rendered first aid until the arrival of the Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics who continued to provide medical aid. Abelar was transported by ambulance to a local hospital where he was treated for his non-life threatening injury. There were no other persons injured in the incident. A loaded Ruger 9mm semiautomatic handgun was recovered at the scene. It was later determined that Abelar did not have a warrant for murder; however, he did have a $145,000 warrant for a felony probation violation.

Police got a frantic phone call about a man pledging his allegiance to ISIS, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding. It happened Wednesday evening at the Fairfield Inn and Suites on Colorado Avenue in Avon. A desk clerk called her sister to say there was man in the lobby in what she called “in full head dress with multiple disposable phones pledging his allegiance to ISIS." The clerk's father also called police. "She's in the back. I have the text. She says she's terrified," the clerk's dad told dispatchers. Officers rushed to the hotel and found the man speaking Arabic just outside the front door. He was wearing a long white rob and holding a cell phone. Police had guns drawn as they demanded he put down the phone, according to the department. Initially, he didn't comply, but eventually dropped it. He got down on the ground, where he was placed in handcuffs. No weapon was found. Avon police said the man did not make any statements related to ISIS. Officers decided there was a miscommunication between the hotel clerk and her relatives.

A state highway patrol chase ended in a crash Saturday night at a Cleveland gas station. The pursuit began about 10:30 p.m. after a trooper attempted a traffic stop on Interstate 90 westbound on Sunday, the patrol said. A Chevy Blazer was driving 80 mph in a 60 mph zone, and the driver of the Blazer pulled off into the right berm when he was stopped. As the trooper walked toward the Blazer, the driver took off. The trooper then initiated the pursuit. The chase continued after the Blazer exited the highway at East 55th Street, the patrol said. It ended when the Blazer's driver tried to turn right onto St. Clair Avenue from East 55th Street but turned too far and flipped the truck. The truck struck a car that was sitting at a gas pump. No gas pumps at the station were hit, the patrol said.

Mesa police announced Monday that they had used a helicopter to rescue a homeless man from the Salt River bottom after he found himself stranded due to rushing water. Last Thursday evening, a citizen reported to police that they'd heard calls for help coming from the river bottom just north of Sloan Park, according to a release from Mesa police. Heavy rain earlier in the week had created a buildup of water that was released into the Salt River Thursday. Officers found the man, who had been living in the river bottom, on some debris near the north side of the river bottom, according to Mesa PD. He said he had used a makeshift raft to retrieve some of his belongings after the water rushed though, but he had been swept downstream.

Dash cam and body cam video made public by university police shows student Blayk Puckett being pulled over for a broken taillight. Police also noticed that he had a magic kit in his pocket by the driver whose license plate reads "JUGGLER." During the traffic stop, Police asked Puckett what was in one of his pockets, which turned out to be some of his magic equipment. Puckett offered to perform a juggling trick for officers, who caught the moment on cell phone camera.

The Washington County prosecuting attorney announced Friday (June 3) he determined an officer-involved shooting involving a Fayetteville officer was justified. Prosecutor Matt Durrett said no charges will be filed in the case. The shooting took place April 23 when Fayetteville police stopped Willie Tillman, 33, of Marianna for driving without headlights around 2:25 a.m., according to police. Tillman stepped out of the vehicle, but dove back inside the car and attempted to flee from police. A struggle ensued between the officers and Tillman, who was able to drive the vehicle while the officers were partially inside.

Troopers with the Ohio State Patrol reported a reckless driver on southbound Interstate 71 near state Route 48 in Warren County. Troopers said that after pulling over the car, they approached the vehicle and a 51-year-old woman, a passenger, indicated to a trooper that she needed help. The woman is from Tiltonsville, Ohio. Officials said the driver of the car, identified as Tomas Gorman, of Lakeland, Florida, sped away with the woman still in the car, dragging a trooper a short distance as he fled.

Police say a Winooski police officer was dragged by a car while trying to stop the driver. It happened Tuesday night around 9 p.m. as police tried to stop 26-year-old Katelyn Barndt on Malletts Bay Avenue. Police say the dragged officer suffered minor injuries. Officers caught up with Barndt when she got stuck in traffic on the Winooski River Bridge. Barndt was treated at UVM Medical Center for minor injury and drug use. Barndt was charged with gross negligent operation, attempting to allude and assaulting an officer.

A Brooklyn, Ohio Police officer's body camera was rolling as a routine traffic stop turned violent. Police officer Thomas LaForce pulled over 34-year-old Thomas LaForce vehicle and recognized him as the suspect. But as the officer tried to remove him from the vehicle, Laforce sped away, dragging the officer with him. Police began chasing LaForce, who was weaving in and out of traffic. The officer catches up to him and rams his cruiser into the suspect's van. Multiple officers surround the van and start smashing out the window. Charges are now pending against LaForce who was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center for treatment. Two officers were treated for minor injuries and released. LaForce faces charges of felonious assault on a police officer and fleeing and eluding.

Wyoming Police have released dash camera video of a terrifying crash where an officer and a woman were struck by a vehicle. The crash happened Feb. 1 when Officer Ryan Silvis was helping a driver on a snowy stretch of northbound US-131 north of 44th Street. “I was dispatched to a single car accident on the highway,” Silvis told FOX 17 in a Feb. 15 interview, referring to a truck that had skidded off the road on the left side of the highway. “That section of highway is three lanes, so I parked my cruiser in the middle lane.” Officer Silvis immediately threw on his flasher lights, alerting approaching traffic they needed to get over to the right lane. “When I was talking to her, at the last second out of the corner of my eye, I saw headlights,” said Silvis. “And my brain kind of went, ‘those aren’t supposed to be there.’” The car slammed into the parked truck and into Silvis and the other motorist. Jeffrey Lee Huizenga, 26, is charged with failing to use caution when passing an emergency vehicle in connection with the crash.

A man who painted himself with black makeup was arrested Monday in Denton on intoxication and drug paraphernalia charges after he was reportedly running through traffic. Joseph Augustini, 25, was arrested after witnesses told police he was “jumping in and out of traffic” near East McKinney St and Oakland St. Officers found him in an agitated state in the 1000 block of W. Hickory St. His arms, face and torso were painted black. when police told him about the phone calls reporting he was in the roadway, Augustini said, “I know the law, I am the law!”

Pasco County Deputy Anthony Petersen and two residents rescued a man from a burning vehicle on Saturday around 4:19 a.m. The driver had been traveling westbound on SR 52 near Kent Grove Dr. when the driver traveled backward suddenly towards a tree, according to Deputy Petersen. Petersen along with two residents assisted in dragging the incoherent and combative driver of the vehicle to safety soon after the crash occurred. A body cam attached to Deputy Peterson captured the whole incident. He is seen in the video running towards the car to assist the driver in the burning vehicle. Corporal Peterson arrived at the scene of the crash as the closest respondent to the call on the crash. "There were about 15 to 20-foot flames coming out the hood of the car when I responded to call," Corporal Peterson said at the press conference held Monday afternoon. The two residents ran over to assist the deputy following the crash. The deputy and residents were able to get one of the rear doors of the vehicle open and pull the male driver out of the car.

Roswell Police released video of a deadly officer-involved shooting. Police publicly identified the man who was shot as Shayne Romero, 30, of Peralta, New Mexico.Police released “video of the incident from the body cam of the officer who exchanged gunfire with the suspect.” It happened around 2:00 a.m. Wednesday when a Roswell police officer was checking on a stolen vehicle at a Roswell motel. Officials said Romero told the officer that he owned the vehicle but then tried to run away.

Thanks to the quick thinking of a police officer with the Glenn Heights Police Department, employees at a nearby Jack in the Box restaurant were saved from a burning vehicle stuck in the drive-thru lane. Around 9 p.m. Saturday, February 11, officers responded to the Jack in the Box located at 1703 S. Beckley Rd. Upon arrival, officers observed a Ford truck engulfed in flames dangerously close to the structure. Officer Chris Womack was able to successfully move the vehicle away from the structure utilizing his patrol vehicle and no injuries were reported. The entire incident was caught on the officer's dash-cam.

A man is suing the city of Tallahassee claiming he was falsely arrested and his dog was tased in June of 2014. We now have dash cam footage from back in 2014 when the arrest took place. What starts out as a police confrontation turns physical when two officers try to take the man into custody. And in the process, one of the officers is clearly seen firing his taser gun at the dog and then helping the other officer subdue the man on the ground. You can see Don Arellano on the phone and holding his dog by the leash, with two officers nearby.

Footage of the shooting that killed Alamogordo police Officer Clint Corvinus and wanted fugitive Joseph Moreno last September was released by the New Mexico District Attorney’s Office Thursday afternoon. District Attorney John Sugg said he met with Corvinus’ and Moreno’s family to go over the findings with them as the investigation into the shooting is now complete. Lapel video from Officer Christopher Welch, who was on patrol with Corvinus the day of the incident, was shown during a press conference. “We have determined two things. First, that Officer Clint Corvinus was shot and killed by Joseph Moreno and second, that Officer Christopher Welch was justified in shooting Joseph Moreno,” Sugg said. On Sept. 2 Welch was on the final stages of the field office training. He had been with the Alamogordo Police Department for 10 months, according to police.

The Minnesota State Patrol released dash cam video of a high-speed chase that resulted in a fiery crash in the Twin Cities in May of last year. It begins with an SUV pulled over for a traffic violation along I-94, and quickly escalates as the motorist speeds away while the State Troopers are standing next to the driver and passenger side windows of the vehicle. That resulted in a high-speed pursuit that ended when the driver of the SUV lost control on a freeway exit ramp, causing the vehicle to roll several times down an embankment and catch on fire. The video clearly shows the troopers rushing to aid the motorist, and after making sure he was not armed, pulling him from his vehicle as the flames moved closer to the passenger compartment. Quick-thinking, cool-headed, and brave come to mind when searching for words to describe the actions of the troopers.

Portsmouth Police Chief Robert Ware says he did not see anything in a video between a police officer and an EMT that upholds claims of improper use of force. Chief Ware said Thursday at a news conference there will be no action taken against the officer and that he believed he acted in a way, considering the circumstance, he thought was best. This comes after a video surfaced on social media of an officer putting his hands on an EMT in front of a crowd of people coming from bars. Ware said the situation started when medics were caring for a victim who was kicking medical personnel. "This gentleman got punched and was knocked out, and he had a lot of alcohol. Typically in our line of work when they come to, the last thing they remember was they were in a fight," told Life Medical Response Capt. Jon Jenkins. But Jenkins says the situation became dangerous.

Dash cam video released from Tulsa police shows a patrol car ramming a stolen car, and another hitting a suspect, after a police chase last month. It started as a carjacking and then a police chase on December 15th, 2016, with dozens of Tulsa police officers involved. Officers said they followed four suspects in a stolen red Corolla from 46th and North Mingo into the Elba Terrace Mobile Home Park near Pine and Yale. During the chase, the suspects shot at officers with BB guns, they said.

A Spokane Police officer is being credited with saving a woman’s life after pulling her from her burning car Friday night. Officials said the woman called 911 around 10:00 p.m. saying she was trapped in her burning car on North Cannon Street near North Ridgeview Place. She said she was trying to kick out the windows but she couldn’t. Even though this was a fire call, it was also broadcast on police channels and multiple officers from the county and city arrived on scene. Authorities said Officer Tim Schwering was the first to arrive on scene.

A Walton County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant took matters into his own hands, subduing a suicidal man armed with a rifle in an incident caught on dash cam video. The video shows the man standing outside a vehicle when Lieutenant Mark Hess walks up. The man then pulls out a rifle, prompting Lieutenant Hess to pull out his service revolver. The man holds the rifle up and repeatedly tells Lieutenant Hess to shoot him as he walks towards him. Hess continues to tell the man to put the weapon down but the man does not. The man continues to scream at Lieutenant Hess, telling him to kill him and while doing so, drops his rifle. As he attempts to pick it up, Hess bowls the man over and puts him in a choke hold. Another officer grabs the man's rifle as Hess subdues him. It is unclear what charges the man is facing.

Bastrop Police Cpl. Chris Chavez was in his patrol car outside the Chevron gas station on Texas 71 in Bastrop when he got the call: Sixty-six-year-old Cynthia Demeritt was trapped in her bedroom that was quickly filling with smoke and she could see flames. It was just after 4 p.m. on Jan. 4, and Chavez raced to the Walnut Ridge Apartments just up the highway. When he arrived, he could see a group of people clustered at the window of a first-floor apartment and another officer, Monty Sanford, peering inside with a flashlight. Heat and smoke were pouring out of the living room, Chavez said. Sanford called to the woman inside to “come to the light.” Disabled and recently released from the hospital after surgery, Demeritt didn’t respond. Seconds later, the two men broke the window and Chavez jumped inside the burning apartment to rescue her.

One man is lucky to be alive thanks to the actions of two Park Forest police officers. Police on Jan. 16 were called to the scene of a man found slumped over the steering wheel of his truck. The vehicle was locked and in drive, a needle spotted sticking out of the man's arm. Officers JP Garrity and Christopher Batzel sprung into action, forcing entry to the truck to reach the driver unconscious from a suspected opioid overdose. Once inside the vehicle, officers resuscitated the man using Naloxone, an anti-opioid medicine more commonly known as Narcan. All Park Forest police carry the medication. A dash-cam captured the save. "Opioid use is having a profound effect across our country," Park Forest police wrote on social media. "If you or someone you know is abusing opioids, we strongly encourage you to seek treatment. This man was lucky to have Officers Garrity and Batzel respond as they did."