TROY — A routine traffic stop involving a suspected drunk driver turned into a police chase through Miami County early Sunday morning that resulted in damaged police cruisers and a fallen utility pole.
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Colin Langdon, 32, was swerving across the road with his hazard lights on. A Troy police officer turned on his cruiser lights and siren, signaling Langdon to pull over on North Market Street near the Sherwood Shopping Center.
Langdon tried to flee the officers by driving erratically on West Main Street near South Lane, according to Troy Police Department Chief Shawn McKinney.
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Langdon ran several red lights, as seen on police cruiser cam footage.
The officer tried using a PIT maneuver to stop Langdon, but he kept driving on South Lane, as previously reported on WHIO.
Officers tried using a PIT maneuver again to stop Langdon, but he drove through a shopping center parking lot before heading north on South Dorset Road.
The officers used a third PIT maneuver that caused Langdon to wreck his car into a utility pole, knocking the pole down.
Langdon still didn’t stop and proceeded to ram his car into the police cruisers that surrounded him, trying to clear a path.
An officer tased Langdon and pulled him out through his car window to arrest him, according to McKinney.
Three Troy police cruisers were damaged in the chase.
Langdon currently sits in the Miami County Jail on a bond of $50,000. He plead not guilty on Monday and will be back in court next week.
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