Police Chases

Georgia State Patrol said a murder suspect turned a gun on themselves during a pursuit with troopers in Sandy Springs.

The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office released a video on Tuesday showing a dangerous high-speed chase involving a U-Haul truck in October 2020. Investigators said a deputy was forced to open fire on that driver after trying to ram several vehicles during the pursuit.

Butts County law enforcement has released the dashcam video of a high-speed chase investigators said involved a suspect drug dealer that came to a crashing end.

A Douglasville family is planning a funeral for a 12-year-old because he died in a crash after troopers performed a PIT maneuver that they said was necessary to stop the car he was riding in from speeding.

Bryan Andrew Hampton, 28, of Harvey, Louisiana, was booked into the Coweta County jail on charges of speeding, felony fleeing, reckless driving, and four counts of reckless conduct.

Police found two people in the car, a man and woman, had been ejected. Both were hospitalized with life-threatening injures. The man died from his injuries.

A Georgia man accused of stealing a mortuary van with a body inside from a crematory parking lot and leading police on a chase has turned himself in to authorities.

Aliyah Baldwin, 27, was charged with theft by receiving stolen property, fleeing and attempting to elude police, and driving without a license. Deputies said she didn’t have a license to drive.

Coweta County deputies said a man, wanted previously for fleeing from police and didn’t stop for officers a second time. Instead, deputies said he led them on a high-speed chase with speeds reaching more than 120 mph.

The GBI said 28-year-old Glennis Harris from Vallejo, California, is accused of an armed robbery of a Brinks Security Guard on Monday in Cherokee County and a Loomis security guard in Atlanta on Sunday.