on June 23 2022 deputies in Wood County
Wisconsin were on routine Patrol when
they came across a vehicle that had been
reported as recently stolen from a
Walmart parking lot but at the end of
the incident deputies would make a
stunning discovery
oh okay
cell phone
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okay
foreign
in the ditch
all right
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you got PA
driver
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put your heads where we can see them
he's right there
is that a sunroof on it
I think we can get him out of on this
side
yeah I can see his right hand can't see
his left can anybody see his left
you guys got I can rip that sunroof open
I can see a left hand
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put your hands on top of your head do
not move until we tell you to do you
understand
do you understand okay I want you to put
your feet first out the window out the
sunroof
okay
we're going to rest team fight here
do not reach for anything do you
understand give me a hand okay give me
your hand give them your hand now
give me your other hand you're gonna go
right in the ground you get out do you
understand that
belly down below
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take a car screw while you're on your
side does anyone else with you in the
vehicle no you don't know if you have
any weapons no I don't know where I am
40 seconds
you're gonna sit up
it's on its side on the opposite side of
the ditch so it's gonna be a bit to get
it out oh you go mine around
whoa all right stop right here
after being detained officers call it
for urgent medical assistance as a
precaution since the vehicle had rolled
over at the end of The Chase
he's okay eyes are reacting so I'm not
concerned with any trauma at the minute
ultimately the suspect was not injured
after the suspect was detained the
police worked to identify him using
their in-car computer officers also
worked to call the registered owner the
phone call was recorded during the phone
call the Officers would make a
surprising discovery did you did you
give Tanner permission to have that no I
did not okay
um where did you last see it
in front of my garage we found it right
in Marshfield
um and then the pursuit went all the way
to Mosinee unfortunately the deputies he
just wouldn't stop for us so the
deputies had to do a pit maneuver so the
vehicle is currently in the ditch on its
side so yeah I'm sorry to say that it'll
be your decision if you want it back at
your house or if it'll be totaled or
what the deal will be but it's not it's
not in too good a shape right now
unfortunately ma'am I
once he started dry
to drive it's Tanner okay uh he seems to
be okay
he took off this past weekend and didn't
get any medication for it
for close to 48 hours
so I don't know if he might be having
another psychotic break or not okay well
just so you know there are extenuating
circumstances okay
yeah I'll certainly take that into
consideration um we will we will
definitely do some follow-up probably
later tonight
um when it's not four in the morning
ultimately it was determined that the
suspect and the 9-1-1 caller who
reported the car stolen from the Walmart
parking lot were the same person
officers speculated that during the
suspects apparently psychotic episode he
deliberately called the police on
himself as part of a plan to then lead
them on a high-speed police chase
I think he's been wanting to do
something like this
I know
yeah he called it in said he left the
keys and then someone stole it from
Walmart like 15 minutes ago
so the guy driving calls in his own car
and stolen
oh yeah I guess we didn't know that
he was a driver he didn't either
until yeah until he's
got pulled up and coughed I'm looking at
him I'm like oh he looks familiar
court filings indicate he was jailed
with a five thousand dollars Bond and
charged with felony bail jumping felony
fleeing eluding and felony reckless
endangerment the charge of Bale jumping
was dropped and he pleaded guilty to the
remaining charges he was sentenced to
two years in state prison and three
years of extended supervision
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