BEL AIR, Md. — A wild police chase caught on video in Harford County.
On November 15 sheriff's deputies in Bel Air spotted a pickup truck speeding on Emmorton Road.
At first the driver pulled over, but they soon took off prompting a pursuit.
“We get his name and date of birth and when Deputy Yinger returns to his car that’s when Mr. Harris decided to make that poor life choice and take off from us,” said Harford County Sheriff’s Major Lee Dunbar.
Dashcam footage shows the getaway driver leading deputies to a local storage facility.
In case you were wondering, yes the driver enters their access code to enter the secured property.
Then, as the Sheriff's Office put it, he decides to play "a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek."
“The pursuit continued zigzagging through there until they crashed into a building and threw a satchel on the roof and then once we recovered the satchel, we realized there was a stolen handgun in there,” said Dunbar.
The driver was later identified as 47-year-old Jermaine Maurice Harris, who was driving on a revoked license.
“Whenever you take off from the police, that escalates the whole situation,” explained Dunbar, “You’re putting yourself in danger, other motorists and the deputy as well while you’re pursuing him.”
Investigators believe Harris was living with his girlfriend, who works and lives at the storage facility, which is how he knew the access code.
