Pursuit/Spike I-30 Fulton/Hope Hempstead Co Arkansas State Police Troop G, Traffic Series Ep. 865

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G-11's incident report: "On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, I, TFC Antonio May, was driving eastbound on Interstate 30 in the left lane when I noticed a blue Dodge Challenger with an Alabama license plate A0A1416 in the right lane. The Challenger was following too closely to the vehicle in front of it. I activated my lights near the 15-mile marker but the driver of the Challenger failed to yield and began to flee. I advised dispatch and continued to pursue the vehicle, reaching speeds of 131 MPH. Around the 17 mile-marker, the vehicle then left the roadway into the median and began to pass an 18-wheeler. Once the vehicle veered back onto the roadway I then lost sight of the car. The pursuit continued up to the 29-mile marker where Tpr. Kari Alexander successfully deployed spikes, which disabled the front left tire of the vehicle. However, the vehicle continued to travel eastbound and took exit 30, then turned north on Hervey St. in Hope. The vehicle continued north on Hervey St. While traveling on Hervey St. the driver then collided with a black SUV causing severe damage. After colliding with the black SUV, the driver then turned left onto Compress St. where it crashed. The driver and passenger both fled on foot but were apprehended by Hope PD officers after a short chase. The driver was identified as Antony Griffin and the passenger was identified as Maria Baker. Mr. Griffin was taken into custody. He was transported to Hempstead County Jail and booked for Fleeing and Aggravated Assault (Felony). Reese's Wrecker towed the vehicle. Ms. Baker was transported to Wadley Hospital in Hope and was treated and released without incident. NOTE: The crash was investigated by Hempstead County Sheriff's Office." -- G-15's incident report: "On 03/19/2024, I, Trooper Alexander, was traveling Westbound on Interstate 30, when TFC. May called in a pursuit with a Blue Dodge challenger on Interstate 30 Eastbound. I Trp. Alexander crossed over the median, at the Westbound weight station and began traveling East on the eastbound side of Interstate 30. I placed my patrol vehicle behind hardcover at mile marker 28 and set up spike strips. As the pursued vehicle approached, I deployed my spike strips and spiked the vehicle. I, Trp. Alexander, then recovered my spike strips, and attempted to catch up with the pursuit. As I approached the intersection of North Main and West Greenwood, I heard over the radio, that the driver and passenger of the vehicle had been apprehended."

[@kevinwilson4833]

Great job Team work made the stop work 🚨

[@debbielevesque-zj5ol]

GOOD JOB GUYS, AWESOME WORK ❤❤❤, LOVE YO VIDEOS,,, FROM PRINCETON, MAINE,,, 🦋 😊😊😊

[@bpcruiser]

That idiot in the blue truck should have gotten a ticket for not getting out of way.

[@lashbera]

As an ex firefighter I remember trying to deal with idiot drivers who blocked the path of the fire truck, my blood still boils when I see these idiot drivers are everywhere, even so called professional drivers in trucks don’t have a clue what they should be doing. There should be a way of recording license plate numbers and giving everyone who blocks emergency vehicles a fine.

[@davidstrother496]

Man, there are some clueless people behind the wheel out there, and some thoroughly unprofessional truck drivers. No wonder Trp. May could not keep up.

[@Al-hf3iz]

Most can’t read or see very well

[@TheKansasredneck]

A thirty day suspension of their CDL and mandatory safety schools prior to reinstatement might get them to wake up.

[@ThePepeOne]

No shit, that red semi doing the left lane hog should get a fine triple the normal amount for not yielding for the cop car!! The blue Ford pickup at the intersection lost in space!! Crazy...

[@45papadoc]

Incredible amount of NDF's on the road,don't know enough to merge over.Great work, ASP!

[@jonsaircond8520]

Wow drivers on the road were unbelievable in this one. There is always a few but everybody a dumbass in this one

[@user-vg3yc6gk5f]

The idiots that are completely oblivious to what's behind them, especially the truck drivers in the passing lane.

[@susanbender6029]

The one 18-wheeler was able to pull behind the other truck. No reason to keep the police car held up unless the trucker was playing games.

[@tarnsand440]

Totally agree. I live in western Canada and no matter how busy major highways are a semi only is in passing lane to pass. Fines are steep and for emergency vehicles or construction sites speed goes down to 60 kms. Police lit up you have to pull over to right shoulder & stop. And 99% do.

[@johnniejohnson8026]

I know a few folks that would be getting tickets in the mail mainly a little blue pickup at the stop sign trooper May just could not catch a break running him down NST and the Arkansas State Police is still the best

[@allen480]

@@tarnsand440 Yeah, we all know that Kanada’s sh*t don’t stink. Suggestion; mind your own country’s business.

[@stony7827]

@@allen480 did you have a shitty day? ....... 💩💩

[@Butterbean13]

The only thing I would love to see almost as much as the pursuits are the officers going back to their in car cameras and confronting the idiots that seem completely oblivious to the PD behind them

[@greatpariscars]

How about that blue pickup just sitting at the stop sign blocking ASP? WTF? And those 18 wheelers blocking ASP? Channel 19 was lit up about the chase and those truckers blocked the cops. No doubt about it.

[@thomasblottman6741]

That Trooper needs to learn he has an air horn.

[@Mamabear-ru4qj]

Tickets should be given afterwards. Never saw such stupidity in drivers. I understand hearing impaired, but drivers have sight to see lights.

[@sandrafarmer5351]

These truckers need to receive some serious fines for traveling in the left lane, and not pulling over! It’s the same here in R. I. Too!!

[@kathywifall6844]

Great teamwork by the other officers that were involved. It is always so refreshing to see the local, county and state working together.

[@Kalamain]

I have to say that this is probably the most amazing show of piss poor driving on the highways I have ever seen on one of these kinds of videos. The number of professional drivers who simply do not use their rear view mirrors is shocking. It's a bloody good job I am not president of the world because a LOT of tickets would have been issued from this video alone. And that blue pickup. Nobody could be that clueless... That had to have been done on purpose. Tickets, lots of them.

[@JoeOvercoat]

The blue pickup was sitting there even before the Trooper came around the corner, so it may be just that they are just that stupid, and should not be behind the wheel. Should be camera-ticketed, seems to me.

[@hilham89]

As a truck driver myself, pissed me off the dumbass didn't get over knowing there's a cop behind them

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

It's definitely greening up down there. 😊 Springtime is so pretty.

[@pamelabenjamin2364]

When I was a kid I would go to West Memphis and watch the sprint cars run! This is better! Thanks NST!

[@valp6665]

It's amazing how inattentive and/or clueless some people are. If a vehicle passes you on the highway doing double the speed limit, first thing I do is look behind me. Chances are the police is already on it. Why are there so many idiots out there. Or how about the little pickup truck that didn't even try moving an inch so the trooper could slide by. Gotta give it to the trooper staying so calm about that.

[@JoeOvercoat]

On I95 in Virginia it’s very likely that a speeding car will be followed by another one who’s racing them.

[@lazy855]

Thank you @NaturalStateTransparency.

[@LindaZeno]

Thank you again NST! You have kept this old ladies blood flowing with the pursuit videos ! ❤️❤️

[@maddyg2320]

This one had my blood boiling! It seemed as if the truckers were blocking the officers on purpose & later, dude in the blue pick up did the exact same thing, WTF, just sat there, not bothering to move an inch. I hope these officers file some type of charge for literally helping the criminal flee.

[@genmangler69]

person in the truck probably just froze, my mom used to panic and freeze when sirens came up behind her. with only seconds to react and adrenaline pumping not everyone reacts in the right way, so lets not make everyone into a felon.

[@debjohnson5822]

Thanks Guys. Stay safe keeping us safe.

[@marty5776]

The guy casually biking through all the emergency vehicles made me smile.

[@flattailbob]

It always amazes me when I see the “professional “ drivers (truckers) sit in the fast lane even when not passing. They need to identify and issue tickets.

[@LisaMerideth-i8t]

Hello from your neighbor in Oklahoma, to NST and everyone!

[@jacksmith8834]

They should start reviewing the dash cams and mail a ticket to every plate they can read that doesn't yield. Send one to the trucking companies with time and location and they can tell which drivers they go to.

[@Kiki-Kauai]

Agree! Just send it in the mail 250$ ticket first time, $500 second time.

[@SharonJennings-ti5wb]

Good evening NST and fans! Fridays are always better with NST! Happy Easter to all and all LEO’s stay safe!💙❤️💙

[@laughinatyou63]

Asp needs to review footage and send people tickets for failure to give way.. Don't these criminals know they can't outrun a radio?

[@mikeidles]

I always enjoyed watchind ur content james keep up the good work.

[@JP1AO]

They need to start sending out photo tickets to some of those 18 wheelers. It seems like a blatant disregard.

[@Mary_Beth_Reimer]

Great group effort! Nice work ASP Troopers and other LEOs! 😃 Thank you for sharing this NST! 💙🙏🏼

[@DT-yl6yb]

Arkansas has to have the most inattentive drivers in America. I have watched many of these chsses and AR takes the cake when it comes to this.

[@PamelaCulp-k7v]

Trooper May was determined and hearing Trooper Alexander yale "spike, spike" was cool. Hope no one was hurt in the SUV. Great job by Hope PD in assisting Troopers May & Alexander. Enjoyed hearing someone telling Trooper May "good job". Arkansas Law Enforcement promotes teamwork. That is honorable. I also enjoyed hearing the reuion moments between several Officers, makes me smile. Great video and thanks NST. Awesome Pursuit Friday. ♥️🇺🇸🚑 Thank you. Blessings to everyone.

[@tjohnson7811]

Did the beginning of the video capture “following too close” part? If yes, OMG if that was too close 🤔🤣

[@feelnrite]

I think if you are in a charger, you are fair game.

[@NaturalStateTransparency]

The camera only pre-records 60 seconds. The violation may have been before that.

[@tjohnson7811]

@@NaturalStateTransparency that’s good, thank you 😊

[@JoeOvercoat]

@@NaturalStateTransparency Sure, but even if the violation was before that, the Trooper has quite a bit of time observing the citizen being fully compliant with the two second rule of thumb & speed limit. This really, really, looks like being pulled over for driving a Challenger. Up until the Challenger runs for it, then it’s all on them.

[@Alex-xi2nz]

I miss the days when truck drivers actually had awareness.

[@CLADYJ]

There are a lot of green horns driving now. All of the old heads and veteran drivers are either gone or they've retired. ❤

[@pamthomas2934]

I enjoy watching these videos. Keep up the great work NST. Even though i don’t live in your area

[@bobchamp3159]

It be interesting to see the rest of the pursuit and spiking

[@danlowe8684]

At 7:13 I thought something was hanging off the left side of the semi-trailer...then at 7:38 the sister structure with the LPR/camera setup for the weigh station personnel appeared.

[@stevenjanssen8182]

My son was at a red light when a fire engine came hauling ass up on him and he had nowhere to go so he ended up going through the red light to let the fire engine through and a cop pulled him over and gave him a ticket for running a red light..! He had nowhere else to go..this is for all the people commenting on people that dont get out of the way..

[@jameshamm2480]

Another great Friday night!!!

[@PattiPilger-ch9bf]

Just a thought. Get license number of every truck that won’t yield for emergency vehicles and send registered owner ticket and suspend CDL on all drivers who can’t follow the laws and endanger LEOs and civilians alike with no thought to what they are doing. Dash cams and body cams should make this easy.

[@danielcorrea7104]

Salute from California!

[@spadesreaper1878]

I love how great they all work as a team no matter what! Pops was a officer for 35 years, nothing but respect, stay safe blue line!

[@subin6721]

Truckers also worked as a team in slowing down ASP🤣

[@LittleMo777.]

Good teamwork LEOs!😊

[@just_nate_8694]

Following too closely is a huge REACH...come on man

[@Talk-to-the-Pugs]

I agree, he was not too close. Makes me think the police can concoct a reason for a stop out of thin air. The trooper probably ran the plates and didn’t like the person that came up.

[@aboyd1988]

I could not count 2 seconds between the vehicles. It was a legitimate stop attempt, and who knows if he would have just issued a warning to drive safer.

[@bradschroeder809]

I thought I overheard a cop saying it was a rental car. The ASP probably targeted the car because it fit their profile of a drug smuggler, not because it was traveling 100+ feet behind a semi.

[@NaturalStateTransparency]

The camera only pre-records 60 seconds. The violation may have been before that.

[@aboyd1988]

@@bradschroeder809 I heard that too, but he would still need legitimate probable cause to pull him over. By the traffic code, he was following too closely, especially at that speed.

[@joelmabrey2569]

How far back do you have to be from the vehicle in front of you ? Looks like he is a good distance away from the truck .

[@JoeOvercoat]

Yah. It sure looks like they decided to pull the guy over because he’s driving a Challenger. 🤔

[@dillonbobo1346]

Maybe not run when lit up and this problem wouldn’t have happened 🤔

[@sheawanner2679]

I swear all Arkansas State Troopers would need to do to be profitable is hire a roomful of clerks to view the pursuit tape and mail out tickets for failure to clear the lane! Even if they only ticketed people who could easily pull into the slower lane so first responders could get past them the money would roll in!!!

[@jasonbrindamour903]

I seriously beg to differ on the "following to close" claim from the cops on this one...sorry...that is a lie!

[@NaturalStateTransparency]

The camera only pre-records 60 seconds. The violation may have been before that.

[@smiles5029]

ok.. now I see State Troopers following vehicles closer or as close as this person was behind the truck. The trooper must have been bored because he certainly followed for a long time before deciding to hit him up w/ the lights and sirens. But the fool took off so the consequences are well worth it. Drivers of 18 wheelers should be heavily fined for not pulling over, the one w/ the blue cab and orange cab made no attempt when they had plenty of room to do so. They should have been ticketed for staying in the lane like some cars are pulled over. CDL drivers know better, if the Companies are fined I bet they will stop it.

[@lancewells8105]

I give Arkansas state police the biggest thanks for all that they do for keeping us safe and showing if you brake the law your not going to get away with it obey the law its not worth it

[@jimb3137]

9:40 ASP needs to start sending citations to the truckers who are working so hard to slow them up.... Same with idiots like the JA at 11:25

[@drivingparadox]

Wow that was frustrating to watch. Some of those trucker moves and that blue ute seemed intentionally obstructionist.

[@LatheFix]

Not your typical chase cam on this one, but I won’t complain about expedited views of the Arkansas countryside.

[@robmarshall956]

What is deemed following too closely ? He was a fair distance of that truck at the start when the officer decided too engage him.

[@Kiki-Kauai]

How many cars distance do you need to be from car in front of you if you’re traveling at 75 mph?

[@NaturalStateTransparency]

The camera only pre-records 60 seconds. The violation may have been before that.

[@glennrishton5679]

@@Kiki-Kauai What is recommended and what distance prompts a traffic stop are two different things. Maybe as NST says the actual violation occurred sooner and didnt show up here. But the distance we saw didnt look close enough for a traffic stop in most cases.

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[@TheGingerKid2017]

The drivers trying to get away from police in a straight line really get me laughing.

[@garygeorge9648]

I would look back at the video, get the license plate and go visit a few of those drivers.

[@LindaZeno]

I'm here!

[@Love2Zooom]

That’s the thing about police. You can escape one or two; but, they do tend to swarm.

[@glennrishton5679]

This was a strange ending making me wonder if the Troopers report was not concealing something. Starting with the alleged "following too closely" Hard to judge distance accurately but while close was it too close worthy of a stop? Next the second Trooper just happened to be ahead, not unusual but in this case ready to deploy those spike strips. A little sooner than what is normal on YT videos and for someone fleeing a traffic stop? Not out of the realm of possibility but seems different. Then the ending that was a lot of law enforcement including the man in the dark suit, who were those in civilian clothes? To me makes me think of a federal operation to use state LEO to make the stop for a specific purpose.

[@amosfrench7169]

where they got off the interstate there is a HQ for the state police so its easy to setup and wait

[@aboyd1988]

They should send those dumbass drivers who don't move out of the way a citation in the mail.

[@LindaZeno]

Jasper is in tne house!

[@ratagris21]

The bad dream continues on into Pursuit Friday Night! ♠️🎩🇺🇲🏹

[@mydobie130]

Good Lord people, get out of the way!!!

[@JarmelSingsKaraoke]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jameshamm2480]

Flat tire. On the silver unit. Right rear, must be a good cut as it leaked out fast. Jack would have worked by lifting the axle at the shock mounting.

[@myleghurts3546]

So basically, there is no visible part of this chase, just the beginning of what might be, and the "caught". In between, just a guy driving on the roads.🤥

[@78twood]

I love how the Arkansas Police are always fully staffed 😆💜 They’re both from Michigan! Welcome to Arkansas buddy 😂

[@johncurcio3621]

So many stupid drivers. They all deserve tickets for not getting out of the way of a pursuit.

[@LARRY-kp9xm]

10 4 im hittin nitrous for mad max intercept

[@sequoiafive0537]

I was getting so pissed off at the people who refused to get out of the way! WTF is wrong with these idiots?!

[@liamterry5301]

Someone needs to remind this officer what a police pursuit is!!!! Not a Sunday drive,!!!!

[@289Mustang67]

You are probably used to seeing a dash cam from a Charger. A Tahoe doesn't have the same performance.

[@user-peach408]

In addition to the felony, the vehicles need to be confiscated.

[@cindy6495]

Hey James, What is that on the left side where Trooper May's windshield is? I never saw one of those before. Thank you for the video. Good police chase.

[@DougWilliams-g8w]

Unbelievable how stupid people are instead of getting out of the way they just sit there

[@jimpress8478]

Why is the Trooper driving in the passing lane isn't that against the law now?

[@kathywoods1268]

Thanks like

[@kurtkaster5666]

Most unsatisfying pursuit video I've ever seen.

[@flattailbob]

Gotta laugh. Looks like the local yokals were going to break out the grill and start cooking for the picnic

[@Evyenne]

lol following too closely… don’t get me wrong, I might have missed a vehicle between th3 18 wheeler and the challenger… and I LOVE. The ASP. But, I gotta say that was a hmmm, call. Unless I’m wrong. Like I said. ❤ ASP

[@Deputy-Seraph]

130mph + 😳

[@allanpulp5120]

The dumbing down of america

[@sylvainletourneau4307]

Can someone tell me why do you slow down the speed of vidéo??? You'r going 130 mph and it looks like 60 🥴

[@longbowshooter5291]

As much as I'm for law enforcement, "following too closely"? They really pushed the limits on that call.

[@NaturalStateTransparency]

The camera only pre-records 60 seconds. The violation may have been before that.

[@longbowshooter5291]

@@NaturalStateTransparency Yeah, that's the way their bodycams work, but that was the dashcam, it's always running. But I'll accept maybe that part was edited out and the guy was following too closely prior to when it started.

[@MrKeithsplace]

Dam, that was the slowest pursuit I’ve seen on here, was grandma drivin?

[@davesnothere.]

Either they assigned the slowest ASP cruiser they have to Trooper May or Trooper Byrd had the day off.

[@SedSid-v7b]

Those car chase suspects must be charged right away with attempt of murder by a deadly weapon and must get fined as $100/km on the run.

[@donbush9091]

He wasn’t following to close

[@NaturalStateTransparency]

The camera only pre-records 60 seconds. The violation may have been before that.

[@KurtMaxwell]

Good thing this officer had a radio cause he wouldn't have caught my grandmother driving that slow.

[@DogAteMyPopcorn]

They had so many law enforcement vehicles there they needed someone to direct traffic at the scene. Meanwhile, one of the suspects was last seen escaping on a bike. (20:57)😁

[@Randy-f9z]

Following to close? I call BS. May was looking for an excuse to stop that Challenger. And then could't keep up, not ASP's best.

[@mike.armstrong92]

So let me preface this by saying I'm not condoning anything that happened once the lights were activated and the perp ran, however I will say the cop driving right on the back quarter panel of the challenger not giving him space to go around the semi and then using his following distance as the reason to initiate the stop is pretty ridiculous since he had nowhere to go due to the cop blocking him in.

[@NaturalStateTransparency]

The cameras only prerecord 60 seconds before the lights come on. What if the following too close violation happened two minutes before?

[@amosfrench7169]

the dude had all kinds of room there is a brake pedal you can slow the hell down

[@genmangler69]

remember when truck drivers were the heroes during covid? one or two drivers caught in the left lane (out of the 100 trucks he passed) has set off the mob justice crowd lmao, smh

[@loriw2661]

What the hell is wrong with the person in the blue truck??? Just sitting at the stop sign, not moving. So many clueless drivers out there.

[@DarthTrader1]

At 11:30 - Why are people so stupid? Do they not know they are stupid?

[@nardydavis24]

The blue ford ranger and that covered truck pissed me off

[@christinecupic6871]

Trucks should be restricted to 2 lanes, leave outside lane for faster vehicles!!

[@bryon6226]

These people who don't immediately yield to emergency vehicles should be fined.

[@danlowe8684]

Did Trooper Kari get a bonus vehicle with the spikes?

[@Talk-to-the-Pugs]

If your passed on the right, your in the wrong.

[@ПАЛЯНИЦЯ-к5ь]

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[@peterwilliams2954]

Here in New Zealand we have to pull over to the left of road if police got siren on