INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Officers of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department arrested reckless drivers in three separate incidents over the weekend, taking high-speed vehicles moving at over 100mph off of the road.
Elyin Rosales Cordoba,22, Fernando Provencio Jr.,20, and Rodolfo Paredes-Pasillas,19, were arrested in what the department called its "continued focus on reckless driving enforcement across the city."
The arrests led to an array of charges including reckless driving, criminal recklessness, possession of a machine gun, and resisting law enforcement the department said in a post to X.
According to an IMPD statement posted to Facebook, the first arrest of the weekend came on Saturday around 11 PM when an IMPD Officer tracked a gray Dodge Charger driven by Cordoba moving at 107mph in a 45mph zone. Officers engaged Cordoba in a traffic stop and he complied by stopping his vehicle. He was arrested for reckless driving and operating a vehicle having never received a license.
On Sunday, two more incidents unfolded resulting in dramatic high-speed chases. At approximately 12:20 AM officers observed a silver Dodge Challenger missing a rear bumper and without a license plate. When police attempted a traffic stop the driver accelerated rapidly attempting to flee and led them on a chase "swerving in and out of lanes and across the double yellow line to pass other cars," and exceeding 100mph.
The IMPD statement noted that the driver, Provencio, lost control of the vehicle and supun out impacting a marked police unit. Provencio then exited the vehicle and fled on foot dropping a handgun in the process. Moments later he was arrested. Officers then made a discovery leading to a machine gun possession charge.
"Officers observed another handgun inside the Challenger next to the driver’s seat that had a machine gun conversion device attached to it. A machine gun conversion device is a small component that when applied to a handgun converts the semi-automatic handgun into a fully automatic handgun," the IMPD explained. "This means that instead of needing to pull the trigger of the gun once for each round that is fired, the user of a handgun equipped with a conversion device can depress the trigger and the weapon will continuously fire until the magazine is empty."
Provencio was charged with resisting law enforcement as a felony, resisting law enforcement as a misdemeanor, and possession of a machine gun.
A bit over an hour later, IMPD officers responded to several calls reporting that the intersection of South Post Rd and Brookville Rd had been blocked with the road being taken over with people jumping on cars and reports of gunshots.
The department deployed an aerial drone and according to the statement, "observed a silver Camaro with no license plate performing donuts in the middle of the street. Donuts are where a vehicle spins in large circles, spinning its tires, and swinging its tail end around. A car must lose traction in its tires and accelerate to get the rear end to swing around at a rapid pace, and the vehicle becomes harder to control. The hood of the Camaro was also up obstructing the view out the front windshield and making it harder for the driver to see and control the vehicle."
Several pedestrians were nearly struck by the vehicle and when officers arrived they attempted to stop the vehicle. The driver, Paredes-Pasillas fled at speeds exceeding 110mph and led police on a high-speed pursuit that was terminated through the execution of a pursuit intervention technique or 'PIT maneuver.'
Surprisingly, this wasn't the end of the dramatic arrest either with the department adding, "Several citizens arrived at the termination point of the pursuit. Three individuals were arrested for various charges including refusal to leave an emergency incident area and resisting law enforcement." Nonetheless, Paredes-Pasillas was arrested and charged with motor vehicle and criminal recklessness.
Elyin Rosales Cordoba,22, Fernando Provencio Jr.,20, and Rodolfo Paredes-Pasillas,19, were arrested in what the department called its "continued focus on reckless driving enforcement across the city."
The arrests led to an array of charges including reckless driving, criminal recklessness, possession of a machine gun, and resisting law enforcement the department said in a post to X.
IMPD’s continued focus on reckless driving enforcement led to the arrest of multiple individuals over weekend for charges including reckless driving, criminal recklessness, possession of a machine gun, and resisting law enforcement.
— IMPD (@IMPDnews) June 10, 2024
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According to an IMPD statement posted to Facebook, the first arrest of the weekend came on Saturday around 11 PM when an IMPD Officer tracked a gray Dodge Charger driven by Cordoba moving at 107mph in a 45mph zone. Officers engaged Cordoba in a traffic stop and he complied by stopping his vehicle. He was arrested for reckless driving and operating a vehicle having never received a license.
On Sunday, two more incidents unfolded resulting in dramatic high-speed chases. At approximately 12:20 AM officers observed a silver Dodge Challenger missing a rear bumper and without a license plate. When police attempted a traffic stop the driver accelerated rapidly attempting to flee and led them on a chase "swerving in and out of lanes and across the double yellow line to pass other cars," and exceeding 100mph.
The IMPD statement noted that the driver, Provencio, lost control of the vehicle and supun out impacting a marked police unit. Provencio then exited the vehicle and fled on foot dropping a handgun in the process. Moments later he was arrested. Officers then made a discovery leading to a machine gun possession charge.
"Officers observed another handgun inside the Challenger next to the driver’s seat that had a machine gun conversion device attached to it. A machine gun conversion device is a small component that when applied to a handgun converts the semi-automatic handgun into a fully automatic handgun," the IMPD explained. "This means that instead of needing to pull the trigger of the gun once for each round that is fired, the user of a handgun equipped with a conversion device can depress the trigger and the weapon will continuously fire until the magazine is empty."
Provencio was charged with resisting law enforcement as a felony, resisting law enforcement as a misdemeanor, and possession of a machine gun.
A bit over an hour later, IMPD officers responded to several calls reporting that the intersection of South Post Rd and Brookville Rd had been blocked with the road being taken over with people jumping on cars and reports of gunshots.
The department deployed an aerial drone and according to the statement, "observed a silver Camaro with no license plate performing donuts in the middle of the street. Donuts are where a vehicle spins in large circles, spinning its tires, and swinging its tail end around. A car must lose traction in its tires and accelerate to get the rear end to swing around at a rapid pace, and the vehicle becomes harder to control. The hood of the Camaro was also up obstructing the view out the front windshield and making it harder for the driver to see and control the vehicle."
Several pedestrians were nearly struck by the vehicle and when officers arrived they attempted to stop the vehicle. The driver, Paredes-Pasillas fled at speeds exceeding 110mph and led police on a high-speed pursuit that was terminated through the execution of a pursuit intervention technique or 'PIT maneuver.'
Surprisingly, this wasn't the end of the dramatic arrest either with the department adding, "Several citizens arrived at the termination point of the pursuit. Three individuals were arrested for various charges including refusal to leave an emergency incident area and resisting law enforcement." Nonetheless, Paredes-Pasillas was arrested and charged with motor vehicle and criminal recklessness.
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