Multiple units, including at least one K-9, pursued the Mercedes through the Watkins Mill area off of MD 355, with the suspects reportedly weaving all over the road. The chase continued through Old Town Gaithersburg and the heart of Montgomery Village, before turning north on Brink Road to MD 27, and back to 355 again.
While racing through Montgomery Village, one officer called for a helicopter. As the County Council foolishly declined to fund a County Police helicopter a number of years back, that means waiting for a Maryland State Police chopper to come from outside the County. A while later, an officer pleaded with the dispatcher, "Can you get the helicopter started?"
Returning to Germantown, stop sticks were deployed at Observation Drive to no avail. Based on scanner reports, it appears the driver of the Mercedes aimed the vehicle at one of the officers attempting to deploy stop sticks. "Be careful with the sticks - he went right at that officer," a colleague warned via radio.
A second attempt with stop sticks failed in Germantown. "We set 'em up, and they were missed," an officer radioed.
The suspects then returned to southbound 355, turning onto Montgomery Village Avenue and then onto southbound I-270. "Let DC and Virginia know we might be coming their way. P.G., too," an officer told the dispatcher.
Sure enough, the suspects passed River Road and Clara Barton Parkway, and crossed the American Legion Bridge into Virginia.
"Cut off all the lights and let him go!" an officer shouted into the radio.
A Virginia State Police cruiser passed him, and was attempting to continue the pursuit on the Beltway as Montgomery officers withdrew from the chase.
Alas, the radio channel for the Virginia State Police Division 7 is currently offline, so the outcome of the pursuit is not known at this time. There was no report on the pursuit on the Fairfax County Police channel.
Once again, this is a reminder of the dangers County officers face on a daily basis in protecting our community.
7 comments:
Not the least bit surprised to see that a Mercedes was out endangering the public. You'll never see a Tesla in a headline like this.
Looks like there's an update here:
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/virginia/2016/01/07/police-pursuit-virginia-2-injured/78405728/
8:38 - Wait for it, wait for it....
Finally, an in-depth police report, not just the usual one-liner of location and crime.
9:06: Those are two different kinds of posts - this is like when I broke the story on the CCT rape or the missing Pyle student. The "one line" crime data report is simply that - a way to know what crimes have occurred in your Bethesda neighborhood in a timely fashion so you can act on it, if necessary.
8:45: Thanks for the tip, I will update the story asap.
I thought MoCo had a no chase policy?
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