Post by jasond on Apr 18, 2020 2:43:11 GMT
In Shawnee County, Kansas on February 1998, a 15 year old boy in a stolen BMW barrelled down highways at speeds up to 150 mph. From dodging spike strips at triple digit speeds to psyching out an officer in an LT Camaro, his skills were nothing short of impressive.
The outcome of the chase was a major point of contention. According to World's Wildest Police Videos, the BMW broke down and the kid was caught. An astute viewer will notice that the footage was replayed from the moment before he crossed the divider. Some say he got away, but was turned in by his father. According to an unverified news story, the boy reached a dead end, hit a fence, bailed out of the car, and was found near a ravine.
Whatever happened, John Bunnell may not have had told the truth. That's why I want to see if the producers still had the raw police tapes. I mentioned in other posts that the WWPV may be in deep storage, so the truth may be hidden in some hard to reach abyss.
This was what I found on forum posts:
Copyright 1998 The Topeka Capital-Journal
TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL
February 12, 1998, Thursday
LENGTH: 310 words
HEADLINE: Chicago teen caught after high-speed chase
BYLINE: TIM HRENCHIR
SOURCE: The Capital-Journal
BODY: A Chicago teenager in a stolen BMW led Shawnee County sheriff's deputies on a chase of more than 25 miles at speeds of up to 125 mph Wednesday morning before fleeing on foot and being caught near Paxico in Wabaunsee County, authorities said.
Albert Ciesla, 15, was arrested and detained in the Shawnee County Youth Center in connection with numerous criminal counts including felony auto theft, said Shawnee County Sheriff Dave Meneley.
Meneley gave this account of the chaseeputy Wally Long of the sheriff's department's Criminal Interdiction Unit, driving a marked sheriff's car, tried to stop a black BMW for a traffic violation about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 70 in the downtown Topeka area. The driver instead sped up to about 125 mph and went west on I-70 into Wabaunsee County, weaving through traffic and often entering the highway shoulder to pass vehicles. The Kansas Highway Patrol and Wabaunsee County Sheriff's deputies joined the chase.
Just west of Paxico, the driver made a U-turn in the grass median, started back east on I-70, left the highway at a county road exit, then quickly got back on I-70 going east in a westbound lane.
The driver allegedly swerved toward Long, who was westbound in the lane, forcing him to enter the median to avoid a collision. The patrol car sustained minor damage.
The fleeing car soon afterward left I-70, went south on a dead-end county road, entered a field and struck a fence before stopping. The driver fled on foot.
A Topeka police helicopter was brought to the area to help search for the driver. Ciesla was found in a brushy ravine about a quarter mile from the car, which officers learned had been reported stolen in Chicago.
Law officers initially thought another person might have been in the car and escaped, but then concluded Ciesla had been the BMW's sole occupant.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-GKmPTRnr4o
The outcome of the chase was a major point of contention. According to World's Wildest Police Videos, the BMW broke down and the kid was caught. An astute viewer will notice that the footage was replayed from the moment before he crossed the divider. Some say he got away, but was turned in by his father. According to an unverified news story, the boy reached a dead end, hit a fence, bailed out of the car, and was found near a ravine.
Whatever happened, John Bunnell may not have had told the truth. That's why I want to see if the producers still had the raw police tapes. I mentioned in other posts that the WWPV may be in deep storage, so the truth may be hidden in some hard to reach abyss.
This was what I found on forum posts:
Copyright 1998 The Topeka Capital-Journal
TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL
February 12, 1998, Thursday
LENGTH: 310 words
HEADLINE: Chicago teen caught after high-speed chase
BYLINE: TIM HRENCHIR
SOURCE: The Capital-Journal
BODY: A Chicago teenager in a stolen BMW led Shawnee County sheriff's deputies on a chase of more than 25 miles at speeds of up to 125 mph Wednesday morning before fleeing on foot and being caught near Paxico in Wabaunsee County, authorities said.
Albert Ciesla, 15, was arrested and detained in the Shawnee County Youth Center in connection with numerous criminal counts including felony auto theft, said Shawnee County Sheriff Dave Meneley.
Meneley gave this account of the chaseeputy Wally Long of the sheriff's department's Criminal Interdiction Unit, driving a marked sheriff's car, tried to stop a black BMW for a traffic violation about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 70 in the downtown Topeka area. The driver instead sped up to about 125 mph and went west on I-70 into Wabaunsee County, weaving through traffic and often entering the highway shoulder to pass vehicles. The Kansas Highway Patrol and Wabaunsee County Sheriff's deputies joined the chase.
Just west of Paxico, the driver made a U-turn in the grass median, started back east on I-70, left the highway at a county road exit, then quickly got back on I-70 going east in a westbound lane.
The driver allegedly swerved toward Long, who was westbound in the lane, forcing him to enter the median to avoid a collision. The patrol car sustained minor damage.
The fleeing car soon afterward left I-70, went south on a dead-end county road, entered a field and struck a fence before stopping. The driver fled on foot.
A Topeka police helicopter was brought to the area to help search for the driver. Ciesla was found in a brushy ravine about a quarter mile from the car, which officers learned had been reported stolen in Chicago.
Law officers initially thought another person might have been in the car and escaped, but then concluded Ciesla had been the BMW's sole occupant.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-GKmPTRnr4o
