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That's going straight. That's a cop, right? Another cop. Yeah, that's a cop, by the way.
A teen biker's reckless stunts lead to a multi-county police chase in Florida, ending with serious legal consequences.
Key Takeaways
- Reckless motorcycle stunts on public roads endanger riders and the public.
- Evading police leads to escalated charges and severe legal consequences.
- Counterfeit license plates and resisting arrest compound legal issues.
- Law enforcement uses coordination and strategy to manage high-risk pursuits.
- Teen riders often underestimate the risks and consequences of their actions.
Summary
- A sergeant spots three bikers performing dangerous wheelies on a busy road in Port Orange, Florida.
- One teen, Ashton, rides a bike with a counterfeit license plate 'will run' and refuses to stop for police.
- The pursuit escalates across counties, involving multiple law enforcement units and an off-duty lieutenant.
- Ashton repeatedly flaunts the police by performing stunts and weaving through traffic at high speeds.
- Another teen rider is stopped and cited for riding a wheelie with a passenger, highlighting the dangers involved.
- Despite police efforts to block and stop Ashton, he continues to evade capture, putting others at risk.
- The chase involves multiple traffic violations including running red lights and reckless driving.
- Ashton faces multiple charges including possession of counterfeit plates, resisting arrest, and reckless driving.
- The total bond for Ashton’s charges is set at $199,150, reflecting the severity of his offenses.
- The video captures the tension, danger, and consequences of reckless teen behavior on public roads.
Chapters
- 00:00Initial spotting and traffic stop attempt
- 01:46Recognition of 'will run' bike and pursuit begins
- 03:17Teen biker refuses to stop and performs stunts
- 05:49Citation issued to second rider and warnings given
- 09:13Ashton returns to taunt police with more stunts
- 10:39Police coordination and chase escalation
- 12:09High-speed weaving and dangerous maneuvers
- 14:09Failed attempt to block and continued escape
- 20:34Legal consequences and charges summary
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When a sergeant spots a group of bikers performing stunts on a busy road, he initiates a traffic stop, but he doesn't realize they have no intention of cooperating, especially one teen who will do anything to flaunt his stunts.
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Right in front of them. Where? Where? Where? Where? Oh, come on. Come on. They're not again. They're trying to pass this little blue car.
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Woohoo! >> [screaming] >> Where? Where? Where? Where?
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It begins around 6:42 p.m. on March 12th, 2024, in the Port Orange area of Volusia County, Florida, where a sergeant observes three sport bikes popping wheelies and riding on their rear tires. But as he initiates a
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traffic stop, he has no idea the pursuit is about to stretch across counties, and that one teen biker in particular has no intention of stopping.
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Okay, they're continuing north on Dunlawton.
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They have no idea I'm back here, so I'm just going to watch them. Hey, Coffee, just advise if you need a second.
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It's okay. Soon the three bikes come to a stop at a traffic signal, and the sergeant notes down two license plates, while the third, a black bike, has no tag. Three of them have been tagged in the past.
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I'm just watching three motorcycles that were reckless on Dunlawton doing wheelies, and one of them's got a tag on it, will run.
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He went 12F from Beach Unit last week, so I was just kind of seeing if I could get him on radar or something.
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Okay, let me know if you need anything. The plate on a gray bike reading will run, will run the plate. The plate on a gray bike reading will run stands out because the sergeant recognizes it as the same vehicle that
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had fled from deputies during bike week, held just 1 week earlier from March 1st to 10th. Still left on the line are the accessory lights.
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Just went through the light going northbound on ISB. The team riding that bike is 19-year-old Ashton, and just like before, he has no intention of stopping. Already setting his plan in motion the moment he realizes the sergeant is following them.
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Can you get any starting on that tag for that will run plate? Yeah, it looks like it's W I L L R U N, but I'm not even sure it's a legit plate. It may just be a plate that he made.
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I copy. Yeah, 'cause that plate comes back on a black Chevy two-door. It's expired.
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I think I got an opportunity here to advise the guy with the will run plate.
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He's stuck in the light here at ISB. Hey, it's straight. We can go both ways.
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We can take 415 there or we can take this way there. The path is going straight. Oh, okay.
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No, the path. Yeah, that's a cop, by the way. I copy. Do you want to have them come through your way? Yeah, hang on a second.
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But Ashton and another biker quickly sense the sergeant's intentions and take off before he can stop them, leaving the third rider behind.
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Uh-huh. >> Turn your bike off. All right, the will run guy just got on I-35 S.
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I've got one of them now. Driver's license, registration, insurance card. What did I do? I watched you do a wheelie on Dunlop and with her on the back.
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I got him. Who's the guy you're riding next to? I don't know them. We, we, I met up with them randomly. We're going to go to the gas station. I'm northbound. Which gas? Which gas station?
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Buc-ee's. Huh? Buc-ee's. I'm, yeah, I'm, I'm code four. I've got one stopped. Uh, the will run guy and the other guy took off eastbound. Supposedly they're all headed towards the Buc-ee's, but there's no telling now.
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I don't know them. I, I apologize. Where's your registration at? Um, um, I'm on the other vehicle.
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I, I was being dumb, man. Yeah, you were being dumb. I know. What are you going to do when she dies 'cause you go too far and she falls off the back?
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That's like a $1,200 ticket. So, I'll, I'll, I'll check the... All I got on him is riding a wheelie, but the will run guy, I, I came close to grabbing him. So he's doing a wheelie with >> with her on the back.
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Oh, yeah. How old are you? Huh? How old are you? I'm 14. But for Ashton, simply escaping the police isn't enough. He wants to show them how hard it will be to catch him, and he turns back to put on a show.
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Woo! >> I'll be right back. Got me. I'm pulling the... I just pulled in the wall, wall real quick. Did he pass? I see you passing. I saw you. I saw you. I'm going to catch up. I'm going to catch
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I'm catching up. I saw you. Oh, they are right there. Where? Where? Where? Where?
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Come on. Come on. They're back eastbound doing wheelies down ISB. As the off-duty lieutenant decides to take off after Ashton and his companion, the sergeant decides to stay back to gather as much information as he can from the third rider, hoping to learn
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where the group might be headed and where they can find Ashton. You know he'll be back. Oh, I'm going to go yoke him off that bike. I was hoping that I could hold him back.
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I'm trying to get everyone over here. Are you good with him? Oh yeah, I'm fine.
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I'm just going to write, I'm going to strike him a really ticket. Oh, I would 100% whoever had a 66 with her on the back.
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You kidding me? But once isn't enough and Ashton decides to return to rub his escape skills in the face of the police.
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You keep backing up and you try and off yourself a little bit more. >> [screaming] >> And they're both now westbound.
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One's a black crotch rocket, no tag visible. The other one's a silver one. Both were in black helmets.
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So listen man, no bull. You know this guy? Uh, I, I promise you. So I went and got gas at a some, some like Circle K or something.
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Some Circle K over in, uh, Port Orange. Um, off of US 1. I went and got gas there.
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And then those two guys showed up and they were saying they were going to go with me.
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They were going to ride with us and I was like I don't, I don't know them. I have my tag out.
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I'm on >> This is a citation for riding a wheelie. Okay? 30 days to take care of it or they will suspend your driver's license. Here's your key back.
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You need to understand something, young man. That was extremely dumb. I know. Okay? Especially with her on the back. You want to go out and kill yourself?
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Go and ride your bike into a tree. But when you have somebody on the back, it's a whole different story. Is there any way you can lessen this at all? There's no way I'm going to lessen this.
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Okay? So you need to knock it off. Next time it may not be as nice.
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Okay? Yeah. That's the story. Yep. The sergeant finds out that the group was headed to a convenience store in Daytona Beach. As more units are alerted about Ashton and his companion, several deputies join the chase, [music] but they don't get realize that despite
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their best efforts, this pursuit is far from over. The parkway I'll be following for these two motorcycles and I do not have a radio with me.
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'Cause, uh, so I wrote this guy a ticket. I'm working my way up to you. I'm going to come up Williamson in case they decide to spin back around down here and come to some more. I should have taken the
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one out of the light, but I didn't want to crash my car. I, I wouldn't have wanted to crash my car either but that wouldn't have gone well with me being off duty.
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But I could have got off that bike and be sitting in one of these. All right, I'm heading up that way.
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7736 is coming up to Technology Boulevard right now. He's turning off. He's coming up to LBJ right now, center lane.
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Last lane nice and smooth, heading up to the red light at 95 and LBJ.
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While units desperately hit the gas to catch up with the lieutenant already in pursuit of Ashton, the teen appears more thrilled by the chase than anything else, weaving dangerously through traffic at high speeds and putting the lives of others on the road at risk.
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Yeah, might as well. I said might as well. Yeah, just be safe and do Yeah.
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As Ashton and the other biker stop at a gas station, the lieutenant quickly catches up and attempts to block the black bike with his vehicle, but once again, Ashton and his friend manage to flee, only making the situation worse.
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I've been southbound from the 268 on 95. Do we have a faster motorcycle yet, though?
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They're likely to get off at Elbridge. They're at Lucky's. On 29 out of the parking lot.
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Once we loop and back around in the parking lot, if I can get some additional units.
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I still got a wheel run in the parking lot. If I can get additional unit here, we can get him off this bike.
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We're getting ready to get off right now. Off the interstate. We're behind him. Coming up to the light.
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And he is getting on 95 north or south I'm sorry, southbound. 126, Air 1. Uh check the Tomoka Farms area. He's probably going to get off right there at Tomoka Farms on 92.
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Black sport bike with red wheels. He's got a black hoodie on with white markings on the back and a black hood or I'm sorry, a black helmet.
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GoPro on it. And he's got a GoPro camera on something. Hello. Sorry, I'm in the middle of trying to chase a motorcycle while I'm texting you. Hey, just so you're aware, we have a 12-F going up and down 95.
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It's going back down towards south, just so you're aware. Yeah, they got those notified up on the radio. Okay.
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>> If you have to go out there, just hopefully Air 1 can get up so they can track him.
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All right, that's I appreciate you, man. Thank you. Yep. Bye. Wait, the camera No, he's down there.
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He's way down there. Way down where? Like no, straight. Like where that semi-truck was, I just seen his little figure.
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Go up. You know, at face value, it seems like this didn't have to be a big deal, but these guys escalated it into something more. If they would have If they would have just stopped, they'll just make it
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worse for themselves. Yeah. >> [clears throat] >> Play stupid games, you win stupid prizes. But despite their best efforts, Ashton continues to evade them at high speeds, and all of the deputies eventually lose sight of him.
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He might turn on Airport Road. Air 1 have you fly towards Airport Pioneer and towards Tomoka Farms. I'll go down and intercept him. But the units are not about to give up and soon a Volusia County Sheriff's Office helicopter, Air
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One, locates Ashton on I-4 driving recklessly and running multiple red lights. Should have a GoPro on his head in the bike. He's a like concrete gray, flat.
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Yeah, GoPro on the head. Looks like he's got some red writing on the back of that uh hoodie.
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Red wheels. Where you at now, Aaron? Uh past the let's see. We're passing uh the runway coming up on Riddle.
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K, that ISB. Yeah, he's running the red light through ISB. He's going to be uh westbound ISB.
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Ocean 30's got eyes on him. Still westbound. K, that ISB. Yeah, he's running the red light through ISB. He's going to be uh westbound ISB.
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Westbound Hagen Terrace. He's uh going between vehicles running red lights. As most responding deputies lose sight of Ashton, Air One continues to track his every move guiding units on the ground to his location. But even with constant eyes on him, deputies know the
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only way to catch him is if he stops somewhere. A possibility that for now seems almost nonexistent.
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Well, Air One's got him, so. Damn, I thought we were going to get to come around and and Yeah, he's about a half mile from Williamson. Place that I'm sorry. No, he's right at Williamson now. Williamson ISB still westbound.
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Yep, keep eyes Air One. He's going to run out of gas at some point at the speed he's been running. He didn't get fuel, so he's going to stop somewhere.
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Doing about 130 and uh he's pulling away from us. Yeah, just stay with Air One. He's probably going to get off somewhere and try to get gas. He's hoping if he gets far enough away that nobody will know
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where he's at. Yeah, well, Well, camera reaches a lot farther, so we're we're doing our best here.
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God damn, every [ __ ] light. Or can I go over to 701 just in case he bails over there?
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Okay, he's turning westbound Walnut Crest Run. By this point, Ashton has already entered Seminole County, and authorities in Volusia County alert Sanford police officers to be on the lookout. With multiple units now joining the chase, they begin [music] to close in, waiting
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for Ashton to stop, but he knows they're after him and still has one last trick up his sleeve. Yeah, he doesn't know where he's going. He's in a He's making a U-turn.
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LV40, that's pursuit is not authorized, and neither is obstruction. Negative, not at this time.
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All right, he's driving into the woods, uh Walnut Ridge Street, Willow Bay Ridge Street.
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Can't think of that way for you. Yeah, if you want to go ahead and get them up.
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Alert to Air 1. Alert, go ahead. Yeah, we're going to a fire. We can head over there now. What was the last street you guys were at?
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301 Willow Bay Ridge Street. He's in the woods right off the road. Yeah, bike's in the trees. I've got the heat from the bike, but uh it's pretty thick. I haven't got anybody leave the bike yet. He might still be with it.
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All right, he's back out. End by. He might have dumped something off in the woods.
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Yeah, we'll come back there if we have to, but we're going to Wilson Bay Court now.
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North on Wilson Bay. He has no idea where he's going. As Seminole County's helicopters take over tracking Ashton's movements, Sanford officers don't yet realize they're closer than ever to catching his ass as soon as he makes an unexpected
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stop. >> Visual on the bike. It's still eastbound 70 towards uh towards HCA. At French, just ran the light at French going westbound 46.
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All right, he's at 7-Eleven. He's probably out of gas. All right, black hoodie, get back on the bike, tan pants, black helmet, white bike, whitish gray bike.
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Coming back out, he's in the left turn lanes 600 and French. Uh sorry, French making a left on First.
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All right, somebody just tried to step out with him. He stopped at Second and Oak. Get off the bike. Get off the bike.
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Turn off the bike. And get off the bike. Turn off the bike and get off the bike.
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>> Just a kid. Get off the bike. I'm cooperating. I'm just a kid. Two units make a contact one at gunpoint. Oh [ __ ] Get off the bike. Get off the DUDE, I GIVE UP. GET OFF THE
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BIKE. DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN. I give up. I'm just a kid. You messed up, bro.
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>> a kid. You messed up. I'm just a kid. It doesn't matter, bro. You're playing big boy games.
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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Yeah. You're done, bro. Second and Oak. No, bro. You're going to run. Put drugs in wrist? You're going to call your mom? No, we ain't doing none of that. That's cute.
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That's cute. Will run. Look at that. Look at that. What's your mom going to say about that? You'll get caught. You got a GoPro. We're going to take that as evidence.
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>> All right, tell dispatch they got one secure. Turn him off. Come on. Hurry up.
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Put your thing in the legs in. Done? No, not really. I'm just a kid.
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I'm just a kid. I'm just a kid. your life. You almost got hit several times.
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Now you can make everything worse. So now you going to deal with multiple counts, multiple felonies.
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Now your bike is going to be impounded. You going to jail for multiple felonies.
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And thank god you were still saying you did not do that. Yeah, I was trying to like wave a cop and just get up.
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>> Oh, we should have done that. That would have been a good idea. Did you run out of gas? Yeah, I was trying to wave to that cop. I was like, "Hey, I'm just What about when you were on Ormond
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Beach? Were you trying to give up then? When you were running past all the units? Was that the body that you were running with?
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Yeah, that's the last one. Which one did you when you left Buckley? Automatic suspension.
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Sir, same address? Has your mom seen this bike before? What she say about the tag? What was that? What she say about the tag?
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>> know if she's ever seen it or not, so. What's the thousand cc? When did you steal this bike?
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Yeah, he's recording on on his phone. Yeah, I took it off so we can submit it for evidence. He knew he was when he looked up and started filming us.
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Yeah. What was your game plan, dude? Nothing, really. I just didn't know what to do at all. He told you, "Fine fine off and fly him back." Or you kill someone. That's what you did. Or yourself. Or you're running inside of
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me. You want to go to jail? Yeah. Your eyes probably got about that big, too, when you went through that stop sign.
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Yeah, it'll be a collect call from Johnny Bolt Corrections. You're an adult. It'd be even easier for you guys. No, man, you're fine. The hard part's done.
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With Ashton finally in custody, he tries to convince officers that none of his actions were intentional, but they aren't buying it. And by the time his mother arrives, all Ashton can think about is his future and getting out on
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bail the same night. >> just got off work before I hopped on the bike, but I do concrete restoration on Beach Side. Oh, yeah?
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Man, you're a hard working kid. What what is it with you guys running all the time? I didn't want to run. Why do you think it's cool? You obviously I got to be honest with you, dude. You know what happens when you guys pull
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over? I go, "Thank you for pulling over. Here's your warning." That's what I usually do. But you guys, what you did, oh yeah.
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There's nothing nice to say about that, man. How can I help you guys? Um Ashton the >> Okay.
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The fleer? Yeah. Family members, yeah. Yeah. I guess we just want to know what's going on. Can I Yeah like >> How old is he?
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19. I see. What do you want to know? What's happening? I Well, I guess he he ran from Flagler, then he ran from Volusia County Sheriff's Office, then he ran from Seminole, then he ran from Sanford PD.
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So, he's got multiple fleeing and eluding charges. So, multiple felonies. So, he's going to be booked at Johnny Polk and he'll have a bond and stuff like that, but probably not cuz if he has a bond for us, then
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he'll get extradited to Volusia, then he'll probably get extradited to Flagler County. Right. Okay.
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Um and for the for the bike, can I just stay with the bike? The bike's being towed. Okay.
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Um do you know where it's being towed? Uh I don't have that information, but I can get that for you.
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It has to be towed? >> Yes, ma'am. It was used in the commission of a felony.
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Fleeing. Well, I mean, did he know he was Yes, he knew cuz he had he's got real run on the back of his license plate. He would have That was a joke for bike week. Yeah, I got it, but
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uh-huh. So. But I mean, like but was he like aware or did you guys like >> Yes, he was Well, he was well aware, yes. Cuz I mean, when he's riding and he has his helmet, I know he doesn't That that's no
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excuse. He was well aware that we were behind him. Where where are you taking him right now?
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>> Uh to Johnny Polk. It's uh 100 I think it's 225 S Williamson Blvd. The Polk Correctional Fields Facility in the city of Fell. Johnny Polk? Yes, ma'am. Okay.
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And then what what happens from there? Like what do I need to do? Uh like I said, I believe that he'll he'll a bond for uh Sanford, but then um Seminole has charges on him, and Volusia also has charges on him. So,
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I'm pretty sure he'll have to there'll be a hold in place. So, you can pay the bond for us, but then he'll also have the bond for Seminole, and he'll also have the bond for Volusia as well.
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What? Um I think I think she's talking to Dad because we thought we can get your bike.
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have Dad cuz he's in multiple places so he can get it. But, they they won't let us take it.
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Like Davie said she'll stay with it while I I go get Dad, but they said that they have to have it.
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So, we have to like get it out of the car. I think I have I think I have your bosses' phone number in my phone, right?
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Tonight? Oh, okay. Then I'll just stay We'll go there. I'm pretty sure that you're going to have a hold for Volusia County as well.
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So, but we'll we'll see what's going to happen. I did I'm just staying I'll just stay here.
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Baby, I know you can barely hear me right now, but just know I love you a lot, and I'll see you here soon.
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I love you, too, you sweet thing. I will. Please wait for me. I will.
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What you do now is you have charges here because you entered our county, and you have charges on Volusia because it started in their county. Okay. So, it's pretty much you have double the charges, and their county has their own process
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as our county has its own process. Are you like going to school for anything? Full time in the school.
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For what? I'm going to be a firefighter or a lineman or We We've been going looking at and talking to a counselor like that they kind of state college. They have different programs.
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>> Yeah, I don't know how firefighter is going to go cuz the thing about firefighter like first responder jobs, they want to see your history and the time in between.
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So, I would say it it would probably take at least like 5 years or so before they feel like you're you've changed like your past. Are you the officer that I put my hands up to and said I give up?
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Yeah, well, first you were asking me what happens if I give up and you started kind of circling me. I didn't really want to pull you stop yet. I didn't know what you were doing. I didn't want to get tackled on the ground
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for me. Yeah, well, you still got tackled down to the ground, so. I don't know why.
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Well, it's cuz the motorcycle, that's why I was like turn off the bike. The motorcycle was still on. You still had full capability to try to drive away.
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You'd be surprised what they can do. Yeah. Yesterday, we had a guy in a stolen car that I tried to stop and he sped through downtown. I circled around this guy. I'm like, I'm giving it up. I don't know what to do.
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Then, you had multiple chances to stop because we're like all in different corners and you passed all of us going at highway speed. I don't want to be back here. I don't want to be a bad kid.
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You're ruining my future. I'd rather do jail than hell. Yeah, the thing about this also is it's never a good idea to run because we have in-car video, helicopter video.
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So, it's one of those things where there's so much evidence that you were clearly running. That's like the best option was to to stop in the first place.
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Ashton can regret his actions all he wants, but once the Volusia County sergeant arrives on the scene, he has questions of his own and he's not going to go easy on him. Remember me?
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First off, what's your name, man? My name's Ashton, sergeant. Okay, so, I'm the guy that tried to grab you tonight.
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Okay. And you took off from me. Okay. Why'd you run, man? I was scared when you hopped out and tried to grab at me.
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You saw me there in a complete uniform, big star on my chest. Y'all knew I was a cop because y'all saw me at Beville Road and were pointing me out. Yeah. Why We were trying to be all fun and drive
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legally and then you hopped out trying to grab me and then I got scared and didn't know what to do. Okay.
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This is the second time you've run though in the past week. You ran from a another deputy about a week ago during bike week. Remember that one?
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Yeah. Don't stop Listen, man, they got it all on camera. I understand, but You you ran last week from a deputy on that bike with the tag will run cuz you ran that tag before he even tried to stop you and
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then you took off from him. I think it was over the Dunlawton Bridge. Remember that? I'm not too sure on that. You you got all kinds of problems, man. How old are you? I'm 19, sir. You're 19 and and
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and in a matter of an hour you've chalked up five felony charges in Volusia County and a couple over here in Seminole County.
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I mean Who is the guy that was with you? I don't know his name. Where did you meet him at? At the gas station just driving around.
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Which guy do you think I'm talking about? Both got black bikes, so I'm not too sure. Okay.
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Listen, you're in a you're in a position to help yourself right now, but lying about who the other guy is isn't going to help you out of this. Well, I know.
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Okay. So, helping yourself right now is being 100% honest and not bulling me. Well, I am.
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I'm being honest. So, the guy with the girl on the back of the bike, where did you meet him at? At the gas station.
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Okay. How about the other guy that on the other black car crotch rocket? >> Also at the gas station. What gas station? I'm not can't remember anymore.
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You have no idea what gas station you were at? No, I've been through a lot of gas stations, so You Where did you start your night out at? Where do you live? My house. Where's that?
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Avenue. Where did you go after that? I went to Wawa. Which Wawa? The one in New Smyrna.
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That's where we all met. So, that's the gas station you met this guy at?
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The Wawa on 44? Yes, sir. Okay. And I just seen them all there and then like we just started riding from there.
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And which way did you go from there? To be honest, I can't remember. Okay. So, let me ask this question. When you were so scared that you took off from me, why'd you come back and start doing circles in the intersection taunting us?
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Because the person I was with told me like go back, let's see if we can help the other buddy out. And try to So, I was like, "Okay, my So, this guy you don't even know, you're so scared, this
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guy that you don't even know tells you, "Hey, let's go back here and taunt the cops. See if this other guy can get free." And you decided to go along with that idea? Yeah.
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I was See, that's where I'm going to call [ __ ] I wasn't thinking right, sir. That's where I'm going to call [ __ ] Now, I I think you know exactly who this other dude is that's telling you how to go up here and fight
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cops. >> I don't, officer. I just didn't know what to do. I'm a kid riding with a couple bikers, just having fun, and just Well, tonight you're a kid that's going to jail.
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Who are these ladies that are here with you? >> They're my mom and sister.
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How did they know to come over here? Uh they probably tracked me on my phone.
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They're wondering why I'm over here. And when we got to ISB, I got out of my truck to try and stop him, and he fled.
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I was able to snag one of the guys though that was with him that was also doing a wheelie.
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So, while I was writing him a ticket, your son and another motorcyclist that was with him decided to ride back from wherever they had fled to into the intersection of Williamson and International Speedway Boulevard doing circles in the intersection, taunting us
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to come chase them. Right. He then fled again. >> This doesn't sound like him, but I mean, I'm not >> Well, I'm It's all on video.
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>> Okay. Okay? Then, when another deputy tried to stop him because they located him at Bucky's in the parking lot, he fled from that lieutenant. And eventually the helicopter got on top of them, and he decided to drive over I-4 at over
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130 mph. Blowing through red lights. >> Blowing through red lights, in and out of traffic, um and lo and behold he ends up over here where >> I-4 I-4 he >> But there's not red lights, so Okay, let's stop. You're just saying that He's
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running red lights all night. So basically he fled You know where the Speedway is?
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>> Yes. Once he got to the Speedway, he just started gunning it. And he was blowing through all the red lights. And once he got, you know, what if you take Speedway towards this direction, it merges onto I-4. Then he got on I-4 and
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he did basically what the max speed of the bike was because he was outrunning our helicopter. But they got elevations, so they were able to keep everything in video and keep us apprised of where he was at. So that's the deal.
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>> Yeah. So he gets over here and I guess at some point they get him pinned in and he's now riding circles around the officers over here.
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Like a smart ass. Okay, but do you do you think he was just scared and trying to just >> No, I think he's Um because I don't >> No, I think he's stupid.
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Why would he come back and do wheelies in front of the officers? >> He's fleeing the police. You're trying to make excuses for him. He's being stupid tonight. He's lucky he didn't kill himself or somebody else. I I agree
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with that. If this is what happened, I I agree with that. >> is what It's all on video. I don't I don't believe that's He's been videoing it with his damn GoPros.
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>> They're going around. I I believe that he was probably scared and just wanted to >> So he was so scared that he decided to do circles in the middle of International Speedway Boulevard taunting us to come chase him? Question,
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ma'am. Why do you think he has a tag on his vehicle that says will run? Cuz it was like it was a joke. Okay, and you You've been driving a motor for quite some time, right? You know you're not
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supposed to have any other tag than other than what's registered on your vehicle. This isn't a joke and I will tell you for people like him, it's a culture. This is what they do. They post on YouTube of running from the car.
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Hey, where did that tag on your bike come from? That tag, I ordered it. You ordered it? Where'd you order it from?
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>> Amazon. Amazon? And then you put the will run on it? It comes with the little letters you put on it? It just comes like it. Comes like that. Where's your regular tag?
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Probably at my house. So, why do you have that tag on there and not your regular tag?
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Do you Do you think that's kind of funny that you put a tag on your bike that says "will run" and then you run from the police? No.
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I just seen a clip on Instagram that had the same thing, so I thought it'd be funny. I see that. So, let me ask this question. So, all those GoPros that you have on on you that we're going to get a
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search warrant for and go through all the video on them. How many times have you run from the police on those videos?
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Probably none. None? You're sure about that? Cuz you I know for a fact you ran a week ago from one of our other deputies.
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That bike with you on it. There should be none on there. Okay. That'd be the only night it'd be like that. Okay.
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Given that Ashton committed the crimes across Volusia and Seminole counties, he was charged with felony fleeing attempting to elude times five, attempting fleeing eluding at high speed times two, [music] over the line fleeing attempting to elude times three,
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possession of a counterfeited license plate, over the line possession of counterfeit license plate, counterfeit motor vehicle registration, misdemeanor resisting obstructing an officer, [music] reckless driving, and altering license plate validation sticker. His total bond for both cases was set at $199,150.
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Eventually [music] he was found guilty of four counts of fleeing attempting to elude and counterfeit motor vehicle registration.
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The remaining charges were dismissed. Ultimately, he was sentenced to six months in jail, 48 months probation, two years driver's license revocation, and community service.
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