Truck-driving dog leads Ohio cops in high-speed chase!
A frisky mutt stole a pickup truck - and led a cop on a quarter-mile chase before being apprehended!
"This had to be the weirdest thing I've seen in my 14 years of law enforcement," declared befuddled Patrolman James Myers.
The shaggy dog story unfolded on the evening of March 25 [1996], after Good Smaratian Brett Donohoe, 32, found the stray collie mix and put it in the cab of his truck, hoping to help the pooch.
"The guy stopped at a shopping center to pick uo some flowers and a card for his girlfriend, " said Patrolman Myers. "He also wanted to buy some dog biscuits for the stray."
Donohoe inadvertently left the engine running - and while he was gone, the black and white canine knocked the vehicle into gear.
"I was in my squad car in the parking lot doing some paperwork when I looked up and sw this pickup suddenly take off," said the patrolman. "The headlights were off and it kept swerving around parked cars, barely missing them.
"The vehicle headed straight at a building, then made a hard right - if it hadn't, it would have plowed right into it!"
Incredibly, the out-of-control pickup missed all 50 cars jammed into the parking lot before skidding out onto the street, said the officer. "I thought this person has to be sick or drunk."
The cop zoomed after the 'fleeing' car, calling for backup.
The pickup ran across the median and onto the lawn of a private home.
"It barely missed the house and a parked truck, then drove between two ornamental trees and into a cornfield," said Myers.
The cop raced to catch up with the pickup as it crossed the muddy field and shot out the other side. At one point the truck rolled to a stop and Myers pulled alongside the driver's side window. That's when to his amazement, he saw a dog behind the wheel!
"The dog looked right at me and then took off again. When that happened my mind just shut down for a minute," admits the cop.
Finally the pickup careened into a telephone pole..
But luckily, the canine car thief was unhurt. "I found him inside listening to Garth Brooks on the radio," said Myers.
Donohoe was sited for leaving his car unattended with the engine running. The court also ordered him to find a home for the dog.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zuwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=Donohoe+dog+car&source=bl&ots=iZbkCD4d0D&sig=UrcMAS3bZhFVi9INjQvhMgDA9hQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4wbXjk7_QAhWMI8AKHc6CAWMQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=Donohoe%20dog%20car&f=false
"This had to be the weirdest thing I've seen in my 14 years of law enforcement," declared befuddled Patrolman James Myers.
The shaggy dog story unfolded on the evening of March 25 [1996], after Good Smaratian Brett Donohoe, 32, found the stray collie mix and put it in the cab of his truck, hoping to help the pooch.
"The guy stopped at a shopping center to pick uo some flowers and a card for his girlfriend, " said Patrolman Myers. "He also wanted to buy some dog biscuits for the stray."
Donohoe inadvertently left the engine running - and while he was gone, the black and white canine knocked the vehicle into gear.
"I was in my squad car in the parking lot doing some paperwork when I looked up and sw this pickup suddenly take off," said the patrolman. "The headlights were off and it kept swerving around parked cars, barely missing them.
"The vehicle headed straight at a building, then made a hard right - if it hadn't, it would have plowed right into it!"
Incredibly, the out-of-control pickup missed all 50 cars jammed into the parking lot before skidding out onto the street, said the officer. "I thought this person has to be sick or drunk."
The cop zoomed after the 'fleeing' car, calling for backup.
The pickup ran across the median and onto the lawn of a private home.
"It barely missed the house and a parked truck, then drove between two ornamental trees and into a cornfield," said Myers.
The cop raced to catch up with the pickup as it crossed the muddy field and shot out the other side. At one point the truck rolled to a stop and Myers pulled alongside the driver's side window. That's when to his amazement, he saw a dog behind the wheel!
"The dog looked right at me and then took off again. When that happened my mind just shut down for a minute," admits the cop.Finally the pickup careened into a telephone pole..
But luckily, the canine car thief was unhurt. "I found him inside listening to Garth Brooks on the radio," said Myers.
Donohoe was sited for leaving his car unattended with the engine running. The court also ordered him to find a home for the dog.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zuwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=Donohoe+dog+car&source=bl&ots=iZbkCD4d0D&sig=UrcMAS3bZhFVi9INjQvhMgDA9hQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4wbXjk7_QAhWMI8AKHc6CAWMQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=Donohoe%20dog%20car&f=false
A frisky mutt stole a pickup truck - and led a cop on a quarter-mile chase before being apprehended!
"This had to be the weirdest thing I've seen in my 14 years of law enforcement," declared befuddled Patrolman James Myers.
The shaggy dog story unfolded on the evening of March 25 [1996], after Good Smaratian Brett Donohoe, 32, found the stray collie mix and put it in the cab of his truck, hoping to help the pooch.
"The guy stopped at a shopping center to pick uo some flowers and a card for his girlfriend, " said Patrolman Myers. "He also wanted to buy some dog biscuits for the stray."
Donohoe inadvertently left the engine running - and while he was gone, the black and white canine knocked the vehicle into gear.
"I was in my squad car in the parking lot doing some paperwork when I looked up and sw this pickup suddenly take off," said the patrolman. "The headlights were off and it kept swerving around parked cars, barely missing them.
"The vehicle headed straight at a building, then made a hard right - if it hadn't, it would have plowed right into it!"
Incredibly, the out-of-control pickup missed all 50 cars jammed into the parking lot before skidding out onto the street, said the officer. "I thought this person has to be sick or drunk."
The cop zoomed after the 'fleeing' car, calling for backup.
The pickup ran across the median and onto the lawn of a private home.
"It barely missed the house and a parked truck, then drove between two ornamental trees and into a cornfield," said Myers.
The cop raced to catch up with the pickup as it crossed the muddy field and shot out the other side. At one point the truck rolled to a stop and Myers pulled alongside the driver's side window. That's when to his amazement, he saw a dog behind the wheel!
"The dog looked right at me and then took off again. When that happened my mind just shut down for a minute," admits the cop.
Finally the pickup careened into a telephone pole..
But luckily, the canine car thief was unhurt. "I found him inside listening to Garth Brooks on the radio," said Myers.
Donohoe was sited for leaving his car unattended with the engine running. The court also ordered him to find a home for the dog.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zuwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=Donohoe+dog+car&source=bl&ots=iZbkCD4d0D&sig=UrcMAS3bZhFVi9INjQvhMgDA9hQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4wbXjk7_QAhWMI8AKHc6CAWMQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=Donohoe%20dog%20car&f=false
"This had to be the weirdest thing I've seen in my 14 years of law enforcement," declared befuddled Patrolman James Myers.
The shaggy dog story unfolded on the evening of March 25 [1996], after Good Smaratian Brett Donohoe, 32, found the stray collie mix and put it in the cab of his truck, hoping to help the pooch.
"The guy stopped at a shopping center to pick uo some flowers and a card for his girlfriend, " said Patrolman Myers. "He also wanted to buy some dog biscuits for the stray."
Donohoe inadvertently left the engine running - and while he was gone, the black and white canine knocked the vehicle into gear.
"I was in my squad car in the parking lot doing some paperwork when I looked up and sw this pickup suddenly take off," said the patrolman. "The headlights were off and it kept swerving around parked cars, barely missing them.
"The vehicle headed straight at a building, then made a hard right - if it hadn't, it would have plowed right into it!"
Incredibly, the out-of-control pickup missed all 50 cars jammed into the parking lot before skidding out onto the street, said the officer. "I thought this person has to be sick or drunk."
The cop zoomed after the 'fleeing' car, calling for backup.
The pickup ran across the median and onto the lawn of a private home.
"It barely missed the house and a parked truck, then drove between two ornamental trees and into a cornfield," said Myers.
The cop raced to catch up with the pickup as it crossed the muddy field and shot out the other side. At one point the truck rolled to a stop and Myers pulled alongside the driver's side window. That's when to his amazement, he saw a dog behind the wheel!
"The dog looked right at me and then took off again. When that happened my mind just shut down for a minute," admits the cop.Finally the pickup careened into a telephone pole..
But luckily, the canine car thief was unhurt. "I found him inside listening to Garth Brooks on the radio," said Myers.
Donohoe was sited for leaving his car unattended with the engine running. The court also ordered him to find a home for the dog.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zuwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=Donohoe+dog+car&source=bl&ots=iZbkCD4d0D&sig=UrcMAS3bZhFVi9INjQvhMgDA9hQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4wbXjk7_QAhWMI8AKHc6CAWMQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=Donohoe%20dog%20car&f=false
23.11.2016
