The fleeing suspect reportedly had thousands in cash and thousands more in drugs and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle
by Stephen Rivers
3 hours ago
by Stephen Rivers
Arkansas State Police (ASP) used the PIT maneuver after a high-speed chance amongst traffic in Little Rock to catch an alleged drug runner. The captured suspect, Christopher Monroe, already had multiple warrants when the chase began. Now, he’s facing at least 15 new charges associated with his latest failure to evade police.
According to the YouTube channel Police Pursuits, Monroe was already wanted for drug traffic charges out of Sherwood, Arkansas. That’s roughly 15 minutes north of downtown Little Rock. On the fourth of May, he fled from ASP before doing the same on the 19th. Ten days prior, police in Rockwell County, Texas put out a warrant for his arrest for evading in a motor vehicle.
That brings us to May 20th when police found Monroe on the highway in a GMC Sierra Denali and attempted to box him in. They failed and the chase was on. At one point early in the interaction Trooper T. Van Schoyck attempts to PIT the vehicle but ends up failing and sliding into a concrete barrier instead. Thankfully, no other cars were around the scene at the time. Despite that failure to stop the vehicle, the police continue to chase Monroe as speeds climb.
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Monroe and the police cars following him cross over the Arkansas River going around 120 mph (193 km/h). As the group hits traffic and construction speeds drop ever so slightly but police keep up the chase. When Monroe pulls off of the highway and onto city streets triple-digit speeds remain on the menu.
At one stage late in the action Monroe actually gets far enough away that the lead officer can’t see him. For whatever reason, Monroe then turns around and makes it only a few blocks before police hit his truck from the rear causing him to roll it. The GMC comes to a halt on its wheels after ultimately crashing into a brick wall.
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The collision is so violent that the police car itself nearly flips. Moments later police surround the vehicle and extract Monroe. They found 64 grams of ecstasy, 100 grams of meth, 436 grams of cocaine, 89 grams of fentanyl pills, 182 grams of marijuana, 12 grams of heroin, and 46 grams of Xanax.
Monroe also had $8,612 in cash along with a Taurus handgun and various drug paraphernalia in the vehicle.