A Dayton detective and sheriff’s deputy and detective were in unmarked vehicles June 3 as part of a safe neighborhoods initiative. A Dayton detective around 8:20 p.m. noticed a man with warrants — identified as Gilliam-Beale — driving a Dodge Charger, according to Vandalia Municipal Court records.
The detective stopped the driver in the 3500 block of Ark Avenue. The sheriff’s detective pulled his unmarked vehicle in front of the car, and the detective and deputy — wearing marked sheriff’s office vests — got out of the unmarked vehicle and issued commands to take Gilliam-Beale into custody, according to an affidavit.
The man backed up the Charger, hitting the police detective’s vehicle, and then reportedly struck the deputy who was heading into a yard to get out of the way. His foot was hit and slightly bruised, according to the sheriff’s office.
The car then hit the front of the sheriff’s vehicle before the man drove off. The Charger — found unoccupied on Walton Avenue in Dayton — was reported stolen out of Nashville, according to court records.
Gilliam-Beale remains in the Montgomery County Jail.
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