The detective followed the Dodge and called for backup as the car pulled into the BP station at the intersection with Gettysburg Avenue.
One cruiser pulled in front of the Dodge. The Dodge’s driver, Frank Chatman Jr., 22, of Dayton, put his car in reverse, slamming into a cruiser that had pulled up behind him. Seeing the Dodge was about escape, the detective drove his unmarked car into the Dodge as it slammed into the front cruiser, Maj. Pat Welsh said.
Chatman fled on foot but was caught. The detective and the officer in the rear cruiser where injured in the crashes. A second uniformed officer was injured during the foot chase, Welsh said.
The major said all three officers were treated and later released. None are cleared for duty until Monday.
Police recovered a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol in the car. Cocaine and heroin were recovered from Chatman.
Chatman was charged Thursday with felonious assault of a peace officer, felony possession of cocaine, felony possession of heroin, felony vandalism and a felony weapons charge.
Chatman was released from prison Sept. 23 and was under probation supervision after serving time on drug and weapons charges
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