a seemingly routine Patrol for a Dunwoody police officer on May 29th 2022 turned into a high-speed chase after Hyundai Genesis blatantly disregarded a red light nearly causing a collision the officer reacting swiftly avoided a collision he then activated his lights and attempted a traffic stop however the driver of the Genesis with complete disregard for Public Safety initiated a high-speed chase 2422 [Music] we going to be on drive off prioritizing Public Safety the officer terminated the pursuit moments after the officer disengaged the fleeing vehicle lost control and crashed into nearby bushes vehicle crashed into a bush the driver abandoned the car and fled on foot a young woman injured emerged from the wreckage having sustained facial injuries after hitting the windshield stay in the car stay in the car got in there are you okay no driver took off start AMR ma' the driver took off starting AMR tra you stting Passenger please tell me you called Ang yes I got one started for you where did do you know where he went this is like one of my fourth question question a for on foot it's going to be headed back into the wood line behind uh Ravinia let's check on the can before to the huh yeah that's where she's saying I'm going to H over on see what was he wearing I don't even know stand by Passenger doesn't know no he's no guns he doesn't have a gun what does he look like what's his name anything is this his car or your car couple what's hurting what's hurting so I can tell the ambulance ma'am my head is spinning I don't know what you're saying your head's spinning yeah what's hurting my face and my head your face and your head okay how old are you 23 y 23 I'm going to turn 24 you're going to turn 24 242 check the ambulance is going to be for a 24-year-old female uh conscious alert breathing complaining of head pain what was that can you please me away from at night here I'll hope you get up okay okay all right you ready up I'm getting her away from the car that's all all right did she fall out of the car she passenger side yeah okay where did you go in bushes here let's have you sit down over here okay please don't please don't pull any guns on him please we'll get there when we get there he's not like he's not I'm right now he took off from me I know he's just scared I'm telling you he doesn't have any guns there's nothing sit down right here okay sit down huh what's your relation to him he have description he's someone I'm like who driv girlfriend behind the' ma'am is he white black Hispanic he's black please don't please don't p m is going to be black male ONN description is he coming uple now in the description ma'am real quick do you have an ID in the car the ambulance is going to need it I think it's he took my bag and it's in the trunk he took your bag and the bag's in the trunk yeah okay we were leaving and I put it in the trunk come on you know hey let me clear this real quick yeah the woman explained that she had been at the Braves game with her boyfriend but couldn't confirm if he had been [Applause] drinking P down you already patted her down okay unlock your fingers I'll get you some light i99 okay Pat you between your legs again okay [Applause] go oh my face okay you'll be all right were y'all drinking tonight huh were yall drinking tonight I mean I was but I was with my friend so I don't know like if he was okay so when did he come get you like we were together we were together we went to the Braves game you went to the Braves game yeah but my friends were there too so um but I think my phone is in the back I just want to call my mom and make sure she knows okay we'll let you do that like this before and I'm so scared he we're going to I'm going to make sure that happens all right all right you just got to give us time all right cuz right now the most important thing is finding him cuz he's probably hurt that's a nasty accident all right him sitting down here in the bottom of this hill and I just please I just I want to make sure he's okay but please don't pull any guns please he doesn't have guns he's never own gun listen we got to take every precaution we need to if that involves that it involves it okay all right I can't promise you that we will or promising you that he doesn't have a gun he's never owned a gun he's never carried one in a car before and he's never owned one like I just know like my purse is in the back like back seat or the trunk in the trunk okay I just like want my mom to know like I'm okay like I've never like I said I'm going to make sure that happens okay but right now I got to make sure he's okay I don't want him sitting down at the bottom of that Hill ble can I call my mom on your phone or something I've just I've never been in something this I don't like okay if your if your if your phone is in your bag it's in the trunk I can get it for you okay just confirming start no not yet stand 242 start Brown and Brown for one hey so um no cuz it's not automatic I could not find your phone I did find your keys they are in that clear bag um if your phone is in the trunk it's going to be a little bit before I can get to it because I can't get to the driver's side and that's the only control for the trunk is on that side okay I just I it's covered in by all the bushes and trees so it is going to be a little bit if it is in the trunk yeah I can't let you do that she called her mother using the officer's phone the mother upon learning her daughter was back with her boyfriend expressed shock and anger while the injured woman initially resisted providing information about The Runaway driver her mother's pressure ultimately led to a reluctant confession what is what's your mom's phone number she's probably go to sleep I really hope she [Applause] answers please [Applause] answer your call has been forwarded to an a I ain't want to give up that easy don't worry hello m mom what I got in a bad car accident my face is like all busted up and I'm in a police car I was in a pass I was in the passenger seat like the lost control of the car and my like I I smacked my face against the windshield my face is all busted up but um have one did what have one hello I'm calling you off of the police officer's number okay where's your phone where are they taking you to the hospital my phone's in the car they won't let me get it yet who was driving is driving why were you with him because we got back together oh my God wa mom mom this isn't the time to talk about that but I'm just telling you like I just wanted you to know cuz I was scared and this is not in my entire life was he drinking I don't know I was with my friend Paige the whole time so I don't know if he was she stated she does not remember every time what are you doing with you I don't know am I like being detained don't play am I being detained until we can figure out what everything's going on yeah Mom yes so so what do I do with that well I I guess I don't know what's going on so obviously something has happened there can you wake up he right here all right well they pretty much can't locate him so you don't remember anything at all what hear I don't know Mom the last thing I remember the last thing I remember is smacking my face against something and then all of all of a sudden I'm on the pavement and my head is spinning like 1,000 M an hour the fact that I can even like spit these words out is insane to me right now Kaitlin Kaitlin I want you to listen to me very very carefully you're on speaker that's I don't care I want you to tell them if you know where he is I don't know where he is do you know what he's wearing I don't know what he's wearing I just know he's wearing like Leisure clothes like just normal clothes like colors I doesn't even have precise did you give him his name they already know his name okay and where were you coming from you're at the Braves game which I already said okay and what did you just take off after the accident Mom I don't I literally don't know I like literally I just know I my whole body smacked there's a crack in the windshield maybe for my face okay can I speak to the officer he's right here ma'am the on am I still on speaker yes you are can you take me off speaker please yes ma'am so it sounds like you know this Raphael subject and um she was dating him he has not in the past has been very um like we were all going to have to file a report for like stalking pie we've had a lot of issues with that and they were supposed to be broken up not seeing him and obviously she's an adult but um I did not know that she was back with him at all he is not somebody that we would choose for her to be dating okay do you know what he looks like by any chance I know he's a black male I don't know what he looks like I could try to see if I could come up with a picture for you if you could that'd be great yeah I can look and see if I can find something there was probably there's got to be something somewhere she should have a picture of her she's telling you is her phone in the car yeah it is in the car I can't find it and she's saying it's possibly in the trunk but uh right now the way the car is positioned I can't actually get to the trunk control to open it up all right um is she need to go to the hospital I got an ambulance coming out for her um okay so if just so you know she does she has had uh two previous concussions that were pretty bad she's had two concussions okay yeah so if she did hit her head then obviously that would be an issue yeah she hit her head cuz she wasn't wearing her seat belt okay all right so I'm sure he was probably drinking or whatever it is he does he probably took off on fo cuz be ask he was a real piece of [ __ ] yeah he took off from me when I was trying to stop him from running the red light so okay great oh so that's how the accident happened he tried to take off from you yes ma'am okay all right well obviously I want to make sure that she is okay and do you can I I try to get a hold of my um I have a cousin that lives there I I she being arrested or you just trying to find this guy so right now it's still like an ongoing investigation so I don't really have that answer for you right now we got to figure out everything that's going on which is why she's detained okay all right well can somebody call me back and let us know yes yeah since she doesn't have a phone so we at least know what's going on yes and um let me see if can figure out what you know what you want to put her back on speaker maybe she can tell us like his Instagram account or something okay just give me one quick second last for driver's license and we don't have a driver's license for him but he's from Florida hold on okay so ma'am yeah yeah he's from Florida okay do you happen to know his date of birth me no um yeah either or actually do you know his date of birth I I don't know like the exact dat of birth you don't know the exact date of birth yes Kaitlyn guess what do you think it is does he have an Instagram account Facebook any social media that's all hold on one question at a time one question at a time you just gave like five the social media accounts does he having M yeah I don't know if he does or not kayin I think I mean I think so I don't have Kaitlin what's his yes or no Kaitlin does he have an Instagram account I know he does what is it mom my head is buzzing I don't give a [ __ ] Kaitlyn answer the question what's his Instagram account I don't I don't even follow him on Instagram anymore so I don't know what his Instagram account name is but all I'm saying is is he from from Florida right now I need someone to go where she is what's his last name okay what's his okay Lenn do you have a picture of him on your Instagram account mom I can't even get access to my [ __ ] phone I well I have a phone so answer the question what are you asking me do you have a picture of him on your Instagram no I have no picture of him on my Instagram you're not tagged in any pictures with him no we've never okay what's his Instagram account Kay Mom I don't know we don't even follow each other I don't know what his Instagram tag name is do you have inst huh do you have Instagram Mom you can Mom you follow me on Instagram you can see that like you see anything but I'm asking if he has a picture what's his Instagram account what's his last say kay Raphael what I just said it okay and Sir where is this where are you guys at where did this happen you were just at the this is in Georgia sorry where is this is going to be in Dunwoody Georgia in dwy yes okay um okay let me see if I can look him up hold on a second okay if you can find anything uh you can just text this phone number what exactly are you guys trying to look for him trying to find him no I know but like any any description of him cuz right now you given us very little other than a black male okay so we we need something more to go off of I give you guys his name there could be hundreds of people with that that's the thing without a date of birth we can't be sure he took gol on fo running after you know yes all right uh I'm going to hang up the phone um just so I can get kind of get further along with this okay let me um work on that I get a picture for you all right thank you she wasn't wearing a seat belt on the windshield was the windshield like cracked yeah it's cracked on the pass side she wasn't wear to see belt she crawled out of the passenger side um and then she was helped over here by that a cab officer that's working up at Crown Plaza so she's a little uneasy on her feet she's had talked to her mom she's had a couple concussions before um so then we went like but yeah neither seat belts locked passenger side wind uh windshield has has a big old crack from yeah from where probably a forehead whack it fortunately the woman's injuries were minor and she was treated and released from the local hospital later that night sorry he's picking up the car again so a search of the abandoned vehicle revealed both the woman's phone and in the trunk a passport belonging to the boyfriend you can find that chick's phone yeah I know there's one phone in the floorboard of the of the driver's side one phone yeah that's probably hers cuz he's got his he shut it off after one phone call it's um freaking pretty strong of uh marijuana in the car as well yeah that looks like hers all right hey huh found a passport found a passport yeah that picture him yeah we're all done going through it yeah a few days later boyfriend perhaps realizing the gravity of the situation turned himself in at the dun Woody Police Department so you need to get your stuff out of the car and all that um you'll be able to get it I and stuff so um this officer Hansen so he'll take care of all you need get stuff out you go get it out of ound tomorrow stand you have got Stu with you uh no do not you got any questions right now yes sir so you got any questions right now no sir all right I'm sure you've already been relay everything about kind of bond amount stuff like that all right next okay yeah cuz I remember reading that uh you trying to get your phone out all right go ahead and step in he now faces a hefty list of charges hid and run reckless driving unregister vehicle driving without a valid license driving on roadways laned for traffic too fast for conditions obedience to traffic control device failure to wear safety belt possession of marijuana less than 1 ounce disorderly conduct fleeing or attempting to elude and transported to deob county jail all right turn we're going to stand behind this officer and the gentleman right here you came I'll be honest it came very close to a felony hitting all right her injuries were not severe enough to fall under that but they were getting close Okay I'm going to be honest it came very close um so we kept it all in City none of its state charges um it'll be a court that's why the bond has to we paid at dun um at d yeah at the city of D so like where you were yeah that's where they got to go to pay it or you can go through a Bonding Company bonding company will take care of you just got to pay the bonding company however much St okay then yeah so pretty much once we're here once we get through the doors I get the handcuffs off you um as soon as I tell me I can uh once you're processed into the system put in texure taking all that fun stuff uh all head back to PD sign my end of the paperwork so that you can get out as quick as you can I I don't know about how long their process is on this end but I'm going to make sure mine is as smooth as possible okay