Georgia
Georgia suspect runs from officers, ends up in… cold water, literally!
Weird police chase ends in a lake
It’s most likely the strangest getaway. A Fayetteville man who couldn’t outdrive the police in a high-speed chase, tried to out-swim them ultimately.
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – A person operating from the police determined his most suitable choice was leaping into a chilly lake to get away.
He first led officers on a high-speed chase, earlier than making the unusual try at a getaway.
Peachtree Metropolis Police have been ready on Brett Betsill, who investigators say was operating away from Coweta County deputies when the stolen automobile he was driving crossed the town limits.
He had already had fairly a day. Accused of aggravated assault, investigators say he ran from Fayette County deputies earlier that morning and Coweta County deputies that afternoon.
Now, Peachtree Metropolis Police have been on his bumper and he took off once more.
His speeds, officers say, down State Street 74 would prime 140 miles an hour.
Nonetheless, police stayed on his path till the video reveals he deserted his smoking stolen Subaru and headed for the woods.
Peachtree Metropolis officers adopted on foot.
That’s when the chase acquired attention-grabbing. Cornered on the shores of Burch Lake, the police, who had waded in after him, determined to not swim after him, however relatively to attend. They’d all afternoon and it was a lake in any case; a lake in winter with a water temperature within the higher 40s.
On shore, extra police shaped a fringe round Burch Lake. A Peachtree Metropolis Police Okay-9 tracked his progress.
A couple of half-hour later, a chilly, drained and half-dressed Brett Betsill got here ashore and surrendered lastly.
The Fayette County Sheriff’s Workplace has taken out a variety of warrants towards the 37-year-old Fayetteville man together with aggravated assault. Peachtree Metropolis Police have added felony fleeing in addition to fairly a couple of site visitors expenses.