A.T.V. Chase Caught On Tape

Baldwin County Police  Man driving four-wheeler won't stop for sheriff's deputy in Baldwin County....makes getaway on back-country trail
by Pat Peterson
Published: Tue, July 07, 2009 - 2:16 pm CST Last Updated: Tue, July 07, 2009 - 4:47 pm CST
This quiet, country road in rural Baldwin County hasn't seen this much action in years! Late last week, a sheriff's deputy on routine patrol noticed a four-wheeler barrelling down Maytower Road in the Stockton community. The driver wasn't wearing a helmet, had no protective gear and was illegally operating the A.T.V. on a public street.

The deputy attempted to pull over the man, but he wouldn't stop. The officer's dash-camera captured the action. The video shows the driver taunting the officer and playing chicken with his patrol car. At one point, the deputy gets close, but the man guns the four-wheeler and blisters the blacktop. The suspect them slams on his brakes, takes off down a trail and disappears into the Baldwin County backwoods.

"He placed himself at risk as well as others on the road that day," says Chief Deputy Charlie Jones with the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office. "He also put the deputy at risk so we certainly want to identify this individual and we will bring charges against him."

If you know who the driver of the four-wheeler is, call the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office.

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Do you know what playing chicken means? When the officer pulled up beside him to try to signal him to pull over he just kept on trucking to see how long the officer would drive beside him. Eventually someone would have had to slow down because another car could have came down the road. Hints the name chicken. See who last longer. Like you said. There is not much traffic on that road. So what other people would he have been pulling over? What he was doing was against the law. Point blank. He should have stopped when he saw the deputy and no one would even be having this conversation right now. Just because you see a clip that took up maybe 15 20 mins of this deputies day does not mean that throughout the rest of his shift he went around finding people on four wheelers to chase. Do you really think every call or incident that an officer deals with is getting drugs off the street or catching a murder suspect? But hey! They do have ride-a-longs. The one’s that think they can do a better job can sign up and see what they really do.

These vehicles are very dangerous. Just recently a young girl in Baldwin cty was killed while riding passenger on one. And that was “off road”. It could have been very bad for this “hick” on road.

yeah i’l do your job if you send me 1/2 your pay. i am sure this type of crime could lead to anarchy in the sticks.

I didn’t see anyone playing chicken. & the man on the 4-wheeler wasn’t driving crazy. why don’t the bored cop go look for someone who was actually doing something worth reporting.

world’s dumbest never should have looked back

also some one obviously doesnt know the meaning of playing chicken because he would have to be coming towards the cop car and refusing to move out of the way and wanting the police officer to move.

Have any of you driven down this road? there is literally no traffic on this road, and there are 4-wheeler trails all down it. Im not saying he was right for riding on the road, I personally wouldnt want to ruin my 4 wheeler tires by riding on asphault those things are expensive but I agree with dougstech the officer should have stopped once he realized the driver wasnt going to stop, being in a car is different from an ATV, there are no walls to protect you if u wreck. The ATV driver should have definitly pulled over but since he didnt the officer shouldnt have chased him and possibly caused a nasty accident.

He may have been drunk…

When a criminal, think like a criminal….

Regardless of whether he put the deputy at risk, by playing chicken etc…what about all the other folks lives he put at risk?

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