Police chase ends with crash and drug evidence found, Parma Heights OH


Police chased a blue Chevy Tahoe at high speed on Parma Heights Blvd. The driver failed to stop and weaved through traffic before crashing near a hotel. White powder, suggesting drug use, was found on the driver's nose and in his pocket before he was taken into custody.
Audio|Source: Parma / Parma Heights Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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This is found, Brook Park Road. We're coming up for 176, blue.
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Chevy Tahoe, old model.
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Getting on to one northbound.
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Occupied by one white male license plate, (number withheld).
00:23
Moving in for a grapple here on the on-ramp, there's no traffic.
00:28
What are you guys at speeds? What's it for?
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60 miles per hour right now, it's for traffic.
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As soon as we let them up, he took it.
00:43
15th round on 176 miles.
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Spring 176 North when the right lane speeds at 99th.
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Very light traffic, two hurts.
01:06
That's fine.
01:10
We're still in the right lane. He might be having some mechanical issues where he can't get any faster here. We're at 95.
01:16
Staying around these speeds. Still light traffic approaching Dennis and Harvard and a half mile. Still in the right lane.
01:24
It seems a half mile out.
01:31
He's driving pretty normal, we're driving in a straight line, nothing erratic. Blaine now, speeds at 97 miles per hour.
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Nothing the Denison Harvard exit now.
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Back into the right lane.
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Greater.
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Negative.
01:54
Female. Email.
02:00
Steven Heights is heading that way.
02:03
Sorry, Kyle, guys.
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We're into moderate traffic and nobody knows how to get over for us, so he's a little bit ahead of us.
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We've got a clear lane now.
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Approaching the 98 split.
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We're doing 75 miles an hour right now. He's about the same speed. He's probably going to have to go 90.
02:31
Yeah,
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that's correct. We're going on 90 East,
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just a moderate traffic.
02:44
Our plane here, as soon as he slows down,
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or goes on an off-rap, we're going to go in for a gravel.
02:50
We're in moderate traffic, we're still on 90 East.
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Our speeds right now, we're at 85 miles per hour slowing down.
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Still in the east, we're approaching the Ontario exit.
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Still on some moderate traffic,
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the speeds are at 99, right night.
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Before the left lane, it's completely empty.
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It's lightening up here.
03:20
Looks like he's exiting in orange Ontario, like that, exiting in orange.
03:29
You can cut over the grass from the on-ramp there.
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They got a grass here on 9th.
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They flip-bill.
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Almost be here.
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Hey,
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for the point.
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Hotel. Take him in custody.
04:00
We're in the back parking lot of the Trace of Marriott?
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Yeah,
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it's in custody, radio. Can you start cleaning this place? We just need.
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Copy.
04:18
That seems well.
04:25
We're in the back of 1100, Carnegie.
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16, I'm with the vehicle.
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Notify Cleveland, we got a crash here with Airbags.
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Copy.
04:44
He's got a little bit of white powder residue on the outside of his nose and there's a same residue in his pocket.
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Copy.
04:55
We'll get you in here in a little bit. He works here, I guess he was just trying to run into.
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Parma Heights Blvd, Parma Heights, OH 44130
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