and they looked at me like they didn t know what was going on. they didn t know there was an attempted escape. at the same time officer morris chases mobley across a busy street and corners her at the edge of the freeway where she s hiding in the bushes. i m not sure what she was trying to do because from this point on there s nowhere to go. it takes 15 minutes for sheriff s deputies to show up to reclaim their prisoner whose back is broken from the failed escape. for his efforts terry myer receives an award. while morris gets a thrill from the chase. i had been a homicide detective for about 15 years and i had not had to chase anybody for at least ten years. this was almost like being a young officer again. tracy mobley is sentenced to four years in prison for her audacious escape attempt and her original charges. mary ann morrissey gets three years probation for the escape attempt.
officer william whit arrests thomas when he realizes he has an outstanding warrant for contempt of court. thomas doesn t resist, and the drive back to the station is uneventful, except for one brief exchange. at some point in that time frame, mr. thomas made the comment, i can smell the fear in you. officer whit s reply was something like i m not afraid of you. whit, a 17-year veteran with the p.d. doesn t think much of the comment. it s not uncommon for somebody that we re going to arrest to act tough and want to say things while they re in handcuffs. when you take the handcuffs off them like you would do in the booking area, they rarely ever follow through with anything. after removing the cuffs, officer whit moves behind the counter to finish booking the suspect. what happens next catches whit off guard. he jumped over the counter right at officer whit. leaping nearly four feet in the air, thomas attacks officer whit. mr. thomas clearly resecures his pants and moves ba
he will later say he feels disrespected by the officer. you see guerrero lunge forward start to strike immediately officer salazar in the face, knocks him to the ground, continues the attack, punches him further, breaks his nose, cuts his face. guerrero pummels him with a closed fist and kicks him in the gut. officer salazar had no thought that he was going to be brutally attacked. help rushes in. when the first officer responded, guerrero also struck officer mortenson in the forehead, knocking him backwards. meanwhile officer salazar staggers away to get medical help. there was quite a bit of blood on the floor that mr. salazar had lost that day. he suffers a broken nose, cuts to the mouth and lips, a laceration above the eye, and a head injury that bleeds profusely.
fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that parker. well, did you know auctioneers make bad grocery store clerks? that ll be $23.50. now .75, 23.75, hold em. hey now do i hear 23.75? 24! hey 24 dollar, 24 and a quarter, quarter, now half, 24 and a half and .75! 25! now a quarter, hey 26 and a quarter, do you wanna pay now, you wanna do it, 25 and a quarter - sold to the man in the khaki jacket! geico. fifteen minutes could save you. well, you know. an inmate about to walk out of jail a free man unleashes a vicious attack on an officer. this guy believed that if he went out those doors, he was going to be killed. pinal county, arizona. just 70 miles from the u.s.-mexico border, in addition to combatting local crimes,
that s when the fight takes a potentially deadly turn. he definitely did try to go for the gun. but the gun is not in the holster. mr. thomas thought that officer whit still had his weapon. earlier that night whit brought thomas in through the station s secure sally port. prior to bringing him into the booking area, he removed his handgun and put it in the gun locker. but thomas did not see the officer put his gun away, which is why he continues to go after it, forcing whit to turn and defend himself. the violence escalates. it was an all out fight. there was a lot going on. it looked like he was hit full force. officer whit isn t able to call for help, but dislodging the receiver gets the attention of the dispatcher. dispatcher tina thompson saw officer whit on the camera, and he was kind of hunched over. lunged over. she thought he was having some kind of medical distress. she immediately got on the radio and said an officer needs help in the jail.