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A getaway mail truck. Oh, my God. Oh, there it goes.

Oh, my God. A mother and child on the run.

An infant's in that vehicle.

She's got the baby and we're running. Sound found from the accident.

And a pursuit that stops for some stunt work.

You know, I don't know if this guy is showboating or what he's trying to do

right there. Very dangerous situation.

We're counting down some of the strangest chases caught on camera.

That's not good.

Kicking things off at number five, the pursuit of a man who decides to play

postman.

This high -speed chase began one June day, police say, after 29 -year -old

Allen Estep approached a woman and threatened her with a can of mace,

the keys to her vehicle, and took off.

But it was the vehicle itself that caught the public's attention.

While the suspect raced the large post office vehicle

northbound on I -95, law enforcement from four jurisdictions were in hot

pursuit, and witnesses couldn't believe what they were seeing.

What you on?

Methamphetamine. Methamphetamine.

Okay. Okay.

Marijuana. Okay.

Molly. Okay.

Bill.

A little bit of everything right now.

Okay.

Sorry, man. Please don't worry about me.

Just like that.

I got him.

Good job.

Do me a favor. Sit up for me.

You got it right there.

Stay right there.

He clipped the very end of my stick, and that's why he darted over. Yeah, oh,

yeah. Did he have anything on him?

No. He didn't have anything on him.

We haven't been in a spray of pepper spray. Are you serious?

Ethep was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for acute drug

intoxication and bodily injuries before being transferred to the Flagler County

Jail.

He was charged with grand theft auto, carjacking.

Fleeing and eluding at high speed, aggravated fleeing with injury or

two counts of aggravated assault on an EMT.

Issa pled no contest to the charges and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

The post office recovered all of the mail that was in the truck.

The police are chasing the mailman!

Although the next clip didn't make the top five, it deserves an honorable

mention.

Sometimes when police are in the midst of an investigation, the way an incident

starts is nothing compared to the strange way it ends.

And one night in Oklahoma, police are on a case that makes a big splash.

It's after 2 a .m. and police are responding to an attempted robbery at a

convenience store.

The

cashier

describes how the robbery suspect fled the scene with a female accomplice at

wheel.

Offers his race to catch up with the van. It's unclear who or what is in the

rental, but it's moving.

Police track the truck for more than 30 minutes after bobs and weaves through

traffic before ending up on a dead -end street.

Officers watch the van smash through a fence and hear a splash.

And that's when they see the van half -submerged in a swimming pool.

The van is empty, but the woman taking a late night swim, fully clothed, denies

any involvement in the event that just splashed down.

According to the drenched suspect, this is not what it looks like.

Once

39

-year -old Destiny Livingstone is out of the private swimming pool and cuffed,

police start the hunt for her accomplice.

We've got one in custody, one outstanding. We're getting ready to

White male wearing white shirt, blue jeans.

Searching nearby woods with their canines, officers tracked down the man

allegedly riding shotgun with Livingstone, 31 -year -old Casey Haig.

Show me your hands now!

Hands on your back now!

What's this about?

You're going to get there.

But obviously we're out in the middle of the woods.

Both Livingstone and Haig are arrested.

Livingstone is charged with attempted robbery, eluding police and malicious

injuries of property under $1 ,000.

She takes the deal and pleads guilty to an amended charge of accessory after the

fact, and the other two charges are dismissed. She is sentenced to a total

five years in prison.

Pegg is charged with attempted robbery, obstructing an officer, and falsely

personating another to create liability.

He also takes a deal.

and plead guilty to an amended charge of attempted larceny and the falsely

personating charge.

The obstructing an officer charge is dismissed.

He's sentenced to eight years in prison.

That's not good.

Liquor store robberies are fairly common crimes.

Same goes for vehicle theft.

But the crime that 38 -year -old Joseph Martin tried to get away with was

anything but common.

One spring in Anchorage, Alaska, Martin robbed a brown jug liquor store. He

didn't try to pick the lock or even break the front window.

He went to a nearby construction company, stole a front loader, and used

smash through the front entrance of the store.

Then, after grabbing multiple bottles of alcohol, he decided to use the massive

construction vehicle to make his getaway.

We're going at about 50 miles an hour.

After witnesses notified 911, Anchorage PD tracked Martin down as he weaved

dangerously through residential neighborhoods.

Are the tires such that we can put on spike strips?

No, they're industrial loader tires.

We're not going to puncture them with spike strips. The only thing we can

probably do is disable them with buckshot maybe, but I'm recommending

that now.

We don't have anything that's going to be able to pit this thing off the road

either.

Unable to get Martin to stop, officers shifted their focus to minimizing the

potential damage to the public.

Let's start shutting down major intersections as this guy gets close so

protect the motorists out there.

Then, suddenly, Martin made an abrupt turn, preventing the police with an

opportunity.

He's got nowhere to go now unless he goes through a fence. He went through

RV park.

Now, trapped in the RV park, Martin was faced with two options, give up or smash

his way out.

So he can't just push right through it.

Joseph Martin was arrested, and as part of a deal he pled guilty to and was

convicted of, vehicle theft was damaged, burglary, and felony DUI with two prior

convictions. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and three years post

-release probation.

After a burglar alarm goes off in a residential area, LAPD gets a tip about

suspects driving away in a blue convertible.

The driver is 20 -year -old Herschel Reynolds, and his shotgun -riding

accomplice is 19 -year -old Isaiah Young.

But when police try to stop the car, Reynolds decides to hit the gas.

I didn't stop because I just didn't want to deal with law enforcement, so, like,

what's the worst that can happen at this point?

The car chase quickly captures the attention of new helicopters.

Top down on the convertible. That's kind of nuts.

Meanwhile,

Reynolds decides to try out his donut skills in the middle of the road.

Doing donuts on the middle of Hollywood Boulevard.

You know, I don't know if this guy is showboating or what he's trying to do

right there. Very dangerous situation.

It was a more arrogant move. That's what that was. I just thought I would never

drive again.

And when police are still unable to stop Reynolds, a well -known Hollywood

tour bus tries to step in.

TFT, look at that tour truck.

Look at them. They are getting involved.

The bus just cut me off and was just telling Isaiah, like, hey, man, throw

something at this guy.

That something turned out to be a bag of raw chicken.

I got that chicken from my mom's house that I was supposed to cut up and cook.

This car chase continues down Hollywood Boulevard and through the Hollywood

Hills. These guys are just taunting officers.

Eventually, Reynolds gets a call.

The sheriff's department contacted me.

They were able to get my phone from the rental car company. I told him, hey, I'm

going to go to 51st and Central.

They're 15 minutes of fame. I come to a sudden stop here. He agreed to meet me

there and agreed to tell the officers to back up.

And so I was just trying to go home and really just surrender peacefully.

By now, bystanders have seen the chase on TV and try to grab selfies before the

police show up to arrest Reynolds and Young.

This is probably one of the wackiest ones that we have followed.

But Reynolds says getting arrested was not worth his 15 minutes of fame.

I was younger than I am now, a lot younger, and just made a mistake.

That chase could have easily turned to something else.

you know, during or after or anything like that. So I'm just grateful to just

safe.

Both men received one count of first -degree residential burglary and fleeing

pursuing peace officer's vehicle while driving recklessly and two misdemeanor

counts of hit -and -run driving resulting in property damage.

The hit -and -run charges are dismissed due to a plea deal, but both men are

convicted of the remaining charges.

They receive a sentence of two years in prison, but are released on parole

approximately halfway through their sentences.

The Texas Department of Public Safety was kept extra busy one June morning

a traffic stop turned into a high -speed chase with extremely high stakes and a

very strange ending.

It's going to be on US 90, an infant in that vehicle.

29 -year -old Kaitlyn Rodriguez was wanted on multiple warrant, and just

earlier, according to police, had fled a traffic stop with her infant child in

the car.

All right, extremely high rate of speed, I'd say at least 100 miles an hour

still. Traffic is light to moderate, almost struck another vehicle passing.

Her criminal history already included convictions for felony theft.

forgery, and prostitution, as well as an arrest for aggravated assaults causing

serious bodily injury.

And now center median, third southbound from 9th proper. I think the troops got

her. Texas Highway Patrol tried to stop her with spike strips, but Rodriguez

kept driving.

Hold here, hold here. 10 -50, 10 -50, 10 -50 at 25 -36 and military.

We're running southbound from the accident. Southbound from the accident.

Received vehicle crash at 2536 at military.

Female with a baby is running southbound from the crash.

We're getting a white Nissan Xterra. White Nissan Xterra. Troops in front of

Hold the air. Hold the air.

White Nissan Xterra. There are troops in front of it. Hold the air. Hold the

air.

Female driver of this white Nissan Xterra also has a child.

And the baby's safe. The baby's safe.

Rodriguez tried to get into an innocent bystander's car, but officers quickly

closed in.

A white Nissan Xterra. Troops in front of it. Hold the air. Hold the air.

Doors are open. Troops trying to get her out now.

Female driver of this white Nissan Xterra also has a child.

As the woman driving the car exited the vehicle and pulled her own baby safely

from the back seat.

Rodriguez was charged with child endangerment, evading arrest and

a controlled substance.

She took a deal pleading guilty to evading arrest, and the other charges

dropped. She was sentenced to six years in jail, and her baby was released to

Child Protective Services.

For the number one strange chase, a suspect goes on the run with a police

cruiser she was supposed to be secured in the back of.

One September day in Lufkin, Texas, 32 -year -old Tasha Sponsler was on the

ground in handcuffs and under arrest for suspicion of shoplifting at a beauty

supply store.

But Lufkin PD would soon find out that Sponsler wasn't going quietly.

After she was put in the back of a police cruiser, officers began to search

Sponsler's backpack for evidence.

That's when somehow she freed herself from her seatbelt.

And then her handcuffs.

Climbed into the front seat of the vehicle and...

Police dash cam from the stolen vehicle showed sponsors POV as she raced south

on US 69 and led officers from four different departments on a dangerous

-speed chase.

Eventually, Sponsor lost control of the vehicle and spun out of control.

After a more than 20 -minute chase, Sponsor was once again in custody.

Sponsor was charged with evading arrest, evading arrest with a vehicle,

unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, escaping custody, and aggravated assault

against a public servant.

She pled not guilty, but a jury later found Sponsor guilty on all charges.

And due to her prior record, which included convictions for evading arrest

burglary, She was sentenced to 45 years in prison.