The video from the lead police cruiser shows the officer pursuing the vehicle through multiple Kettering streets before it enters the bike path.
The video shows the cruiser continued the pursuit onto the bike path but it became stuck when it entered a section that was fenced on both sides. The pursued vehicle appears to get temporarily stuck just in front of the cruiser but it can be seen pulling away.
The video from the second cruiser shows the first cruiser’s crash before it attempts to relocate the pursued vehicle on the other side of the fenced section.
Kettering police continue to work to identify two women who were wanted as part of the incident, according to Spokesman John Jung.
One of the female suspects was driving and the other was a passenger, Jung said.
This pursuit as with every other pursuit involving a Kettering police officer undergoes an extensive internal review. The officer whose cruiser was damaged was not injured in the incident.
UPDATE @ 3:45 p.m. (Jan. 16)
A male, Edmundas Baublys, is facing charges in connection to this pursuit. He is no longer listed as an inmate in jail. Police are still working to identify two women wanted in the pursuit.
UPDATE @ 3:57 a.m. (Jan. 15)
Officers pursued the car into a wooded residential area before three occupants, a man and two women, fled from the car, according to Kettering police Sgt. Doug Gaudett.
A K-9 unit tracked down the man where he was found hiding under a boat in a driveway. Police continue to search for the two women they said fled from the car.
No one was injured as a result.
Drug paraphernalia found in the car will be processed by Beavercreek police once it is towed to their jurisdiction, Gaudett said.
A police cruiser was damaged during the pursuit when it hit a fence in the area, Gaudett added.
Gaudett told our crew the man could face charges of obstruction and receiving stolen property.
It is unknown what charges the women could face if and when they are located.
INITIAL REPORT
A driver of a stolen car did not pull over tonight when Kettering police tried initiate a traffic stop.
An officer spotted the car, reported stolen out of Beavercreek, around 11:30 p.m. on Stroop Road near Far Hills Avenue when the officer tried to pull it over.
The car, which had three people inside, did not stop so the officer pursued. Speeds reached more than 80 mph, and at one point the car, described as a four-door Honda, traveled over terrain in a local park, according to initial reports.
The car slowed and crashed on Deauville Drive south of Rahn Road in Washington Twp. as the occupants bailed. A male was caught but two female occupants remain at large. It was not clear which person was the driver.
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