tracking his movements. and they re not the only ones. high overhead, the crew in the action 13 news chopper is making its morning rounds. monitoring the traffic and police scanner for any interesting stories. and, boy, do they find one! when aerial photographer jason harvey starts hearing excited voices through his headset, his ears perk up. it s the police broadcasting the bait car description and general location. harvey relays the information to pilot paul hollenbeck who flies toward the scene. we decided we ll see if we can find it and we ll see what happens. because you can never tell. the suspect starts driving the wrong way down a multi-lane road. and the police who have full control of the vehicle decide they need to shut it down quick. control 627. turn that car off now. i got him. there he is. about that time we saw the vehicle. with the car stopped and the doors automatically locked, the
i could feel him like kind of tugging at my gun. i pushed him down, that s when we got outside. outside and partially out of view of the cameras, officer campbell and the suspect continue to struggle. got, like, my knees and my torso and everything on his body. you know, he s still flailing. he s got his hands on my holster, trying to grab for my gun, i believe. within seconds, two employees rush to his aid. they were able to grab him by the legs, help me get control of him. when police backup arrives, another officer helps cuff the suspect, 55-year-old donald cotton. cotton is later charged with robbery, aggravated robbery, and assault on a police officer. he pleads no contest and is sentenced to two four-year terms to be served concurrently. for officer campbell, walking in on a robbery is one surprise for the storybooks. the crazier thing about it is i thought he saw me and yet he still went ahead and decided to
i could feel him tugging at my gun. u pushed him down, that s when we got outside. outside and partially out of view of the cameras, officer campbell and the suspect continue to struggle. got, like, my knees and my torso and everything on his body. he s flailing. he s got his hands on my holster. within seconds, two employees rush to his aid. they were able to grab him by the legs, help me get control of him. when police backup arrives, another officer helps cuff the suspect. 55-year-old donald cotton. cotton is later charged with robbery, aggravated robbery, and assault on an officer. he is sentenced to two four-year terms to be served concurrently. for officer campbell, walking in on a robbery is one surprise for the storybooks. the crazier thing about it is i thought he saw me and yet he still went ahead and decided to
control of the vehicle decide they need to shut it down quick. control 627, turn that car off now. i got him. there he is. about that time we saw the vehicle. with the car stopped and the doors automatically locked, the suspect knows he s in trouble. but he s going to try and make a run for it. somehow after banging on the locked door with what appears to be a laptop computer, the suspect makes his escape. but he doesn t get far. hollenbeck and harvey track the suspect as he runs from the car and hops a fence on to angel park golf course. i start talking to the producer. get us on air. we got a guy running on the golf course just jumped out of a possibly stolen car. as soon as he got over the fence, they started to break in. what have you got?