On February 4th, 2025, a police officer in Aurora, Indiana recognized Dustin Cole, 41, who was wanted on a national warrant for crimes in 2022. As the officer attempted to stop him, Dustin began fleeing from police, leading to a state-to-state chase from Indiana to Ohio. During the pursuit, officers used a StarChase GPS tracker, but it did not stick to the vehicle at first. A tracker was later successfully attached, and police used channeling and blocking techniques at low speed to stop Dustin near the I-75 bridge. His car was running on rims. Dustin was eventually caught and handcuffed. A female passenger said she was pregnant and claimed she was hurt when she was slammed to the ground. She was later taken for a medical examination. Both passengers were released without charges. Dustin will now face separate crimes in three states. I told you you wanted some of these officers to let me through. We've got a StarChase. I'm trying to get up StarChase is a GPS tracker utilized by police departments to continue tracking suspect vehicles if a pursuit is called off. 9181, your units have area wide wanted. All of your units go to area wide wanted. 2113, I'm headed to the Richmond Road switch channel to spot one. I'm 81, 10-4. The GPS trackers are tipped with an adhesive, allowing them to stick to vehicle surfaces. Trackers are launched from the front of the deployment vehicle, requiring the officer to move in close. 9113, 10-4. 10-4. 10-4. 10-4, that one bounced off. Let me try again. 10-4. All right, I'm 12 we're still eastbound at 50 over 9. 98 units are up there and trying to deploy spike strips. 506 units are at 50 over 9 and 98 units are trying to deploy spike strips. John hit it with yours. 506 units are at 50 over 9. 506 units are at 50 over 9. Well, it looks like it's fairly dangling on the back so 98 units are at 50 over 9 but I have one on the back of the vehicle right now. All right, line up 498 211 6155 go ahead and declare your emergency. Both skidded right off. All right, well I have one spike strip on the back of this vehicle. Somebody else just pulled off. 10-20 do you want me to want to try and box this vehicle in with John or something? I'm going to try to hook this vehicle 10-20 all right. Channeling is a technique used by officers to guide a fleeing suspect in a specific direction used here to keep the suspect on the highway where his path is more predictable. 10-20 501 501 location. 801 501 tracking at 89 miles per hour 501 175. 501 looks like we're going to take 75. Speeds are about 35 miles per hour 35 30. Air 92 raise one of the SLX and have them go over there. All right, we're like 25 miles an hour. 51, we're on the ground here. Okay. Just stay by me. Yeah. Blocking is a technique used by officers in slow-speed police pursuits where two or more law enforcement vehicles simultaneously block the movement of a suspect driver. Hey! Pull over, man. Pull over. Now, pull over now. Pull over. Hey! Pull over now. Pull over. All right. Uh Tanya, I think I mean, I'll ask you again. I can get in the front. Slow down. See if we can stop this. No. All right. Can I get vehicle description, please? It's a black Nissan Sentra. It's going to be in your number two lane from the right-hand shoulder the 109 right now. All right, we have two full sets of sticks. This guy is seven sticks. All right, watch out for these sticks, John. I'm 27 sticks. Back off. Good stick. Good stick. I'm 44 still continuing southbound. I'm 52 southbound 32 seconds speed. All right. 20 mph and looks like we're good to continue southbound. Uh We're continuing clear on the bridge. We're entering southbound on the bridge here. If he comes loose, he's going to run over those back tires. I'm 53 southbound on the bridge 20 mph. I'm not wrecking on the bridge if you haven't already. All right, you're clear on the bridge driving. I'm 53 southbound on the next your way the bridge at 3:15. This is 15 off of High Street Lane. Watch out. All right. Well, now we're in Kentucky so what do you want me to do? I wouldn't do anything in Kentucky except for stay with him and don't try to take him down. All right, guys. We can do this. We're not boxing him in and doing anything but I don't want him to hit our cars. If we can calm down, we can calm down and he can stop. But please do not hit He's on a rim. He's on rims now. I don't care if he's on rims. All right. So, are there warrants or anything to do? This is felony warrants. Okay. I'll send units. Um but Kentucky gets in the thick and they just got to back off. Give me your 10-20. I don't think he's going to make it up this hill. I think we're going to be going that way, too. He can't go any faster. He's done. What do you want me to do? You have to turn your first two lights and can't turn your other lights off. 25. You have to turn your first two lights and turn your other lights off. Hey, turn the CAR OFF NOW. TURN THE [ __ ] CAR OFF. I'LL DO IT IN A MINUTE. I'LL PULL OVER. I DON'T GIVE A [ __ ] MY GOD, DAMN IT. SHOW ME YOUR [ __ ] HANDS. PUT YOUR HANDS UP HERE. SHOW ME YOUR PUT YOUR HANDS UP HERE. On the dash. PUT YOUR HANDS PUT THEM PUT THEM ON THE DASH. DON'T MOVE. OKAY. Freeze up. Listen to me right now. LISTEN TO ME RIGHT NOW. PUT YOUR hands on the window right now. Put your hands up. Put your hands up. Put your hands up. Listen, when I tell you and only when I tell you, you're going to take YOUR RIGHT HAND SHUT UP. OH, YEAH. WHY WOULD YOU DO me like that for, dude? Okay, lay down. I love you, man. broken bone and cancer on it. OH, MY KNEE. WHY YOU GOING to do me like that for, man? You need to learn to listen is what you need to do. I just want to take it back. That's what I'm doing. I got to go back to Indiana anyway. Damn, I wasn't speeding or nothing, man. Just give me your I got water in my pocket, man. There was a gun battle on the other side. Just so you know. Well, let me check the back. Check his back. Check his I'm not doing I'm not resisting or nothing, guys. Hey, you hear me, sir? All right. I'm going to sit you up, all right? Yeah, you can't [ __ ] grab Yeah, you can't You can check the back. That's his That's his catheter. I got a broken collarbone, too, man. That guy just gave me a new stop stick. He hit my stop stick and the handle went shoo. It went flying, dude. He's dragging it forever. Did you see my handle on the bridge? Oh, yeah. All right. Man, what's your name? Audrey. All right, Audrey, stand up. Okay. I'm pregnant. Okay, cool. Stand up. Okay. 851 Sit on this car. Please sit over here, John. Walk over here. I want a picture car, all right? All right. I break the window with my hand. So, what what was his deal? What did he mean? Think he would have been chased for I love you. What happened to your face? Are you guys seriously slammed him? Really? That's [ __ ] up. You can't do that. That's my battery on a It's battery. I love you. That's battery. Spread your feet, dude. I don't have nothing on me. That's my buddy. All right, well, I'm just making sure. Oh, yeah. All right, jump. All right, put him in there. All right, walk him out there. Just try to get that's it. That's what you're saying. They're going to bring a squad out here for you. Just to check you out. Cuz I was sitting westbound. going to go westbound. I was right there. I thought you had a damn window punch. No, I did not. That's what he said. Oh, you used that? That's my window punch. So, we're going to walk over here, okay? You got one? Don't call me. Don't Don't call you? That's right. All right, don't tell me Go ahead. I can't pull this out. Yeah, go it. All right, ready? Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. We got a squad. Well, we got a squad coming, so we can have them check you out, also. I like things dangling off there. Star chase. Yeah. Andrew. Star chase. It was stuck. We launched him out of there. I was like, yeah, that's perfect. Can we Is everybody secured in the car? I don't want to chase anybody else. So, let's put him in a car. Now, I mean, copy. Your [ __ ] thumbs leak. Yes, fingers leak, bro. It does look It's going to look cool, though, on me. I mean, we just want the public service, man. Who told you that? What are you guys doing out here? This isn't even Ohio. You know what? Save that another one for my other finger. We just go everywhere, buddy. Okay, I talked to them already. She's lost count of warrants. Oh, that's fine. Yeah. Yeah, I didn't know if we had warrants or not. Yeah, they both do. Uh she's got two misdemeanors, two traffic. I think he's got like two misdemeanors, one or two traffic. Where? Um Ohio. Tell them the squad that She said she's 5 months pregnant. She already said, "I didn't land on my stomach." If she's pregnant, take her out of handcuffs. Thank you, sir. Uh I don't know what to They're checked out of warrants. Okay. Yeah, but it's misdemeanors and it's out of Hamilton County. It's not actually So, we're not we're not we're not interested in doing anything with her, but now she's saying that she's injured and she's pregnant and According to our orders Huh? They're checked out of warrants. Right. And we're not going to do anything else, but I didn't want her in handcuffs cuz we can't handcuff people that are pregnant in Ohio. Let's not do this again anytime soon. How's it going? What's your name? Dustin Cole. All right, sir. You're with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. Are you hurt? How are you hurt? When you slammed my face into the ground. Do you need an ambulance? I'm going to get my neck checked out. Yes, sir. And you say you were hurt from when you got put on the ground? Yes, sir. Sorry about the paperwork, sir. Oh, yeah. My second. All right, come on, buddy. Hop on out. You're going over here. Dustin Cole was booked at the Kenton County Detention Center in Kentucky for probation violation concerning an entirely separate felony offense than what he was originally pulled over for. He has waived extradition and will face charges in Ohio for violating the terms of his probation ordered after he was found guilty in 2023 for aggravated possession of drugs. He also will face charges in Indiana for resisting law enforcement, driving with a suspended license, and reckless driving, and faces a hearing for violating probation. Dustin is innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Both passengers were released without charges.