Thread: Illegal alien arrested for murder attempt on police officer

Police Chase Ends in Crash

Last Update: 9/27 10:16 pm

A police chase spanning two counties ends with the arrest of a suspected illegal immigrant now accused of shooting at a Malvern police officer.

Police say the chase covered more than 15 miles from Pine Bluff Street in Malvern to Shady Grove Road in Garland County. Malvern Police Officer Kevin Yeagle was on duty Wednesday night just after nine when he heard a loud pop then he saw a truck peel out of its parking spot. So he put on his lights and siren. Little did he know he'd soon be going more than one-hundred miles an hour.

Malvern Police spent Thursday afternoon collecting evidence, testing this truck for gun shot residue after a rare high speed chase through downtown Malvern, ending in Garland County with the arrest of Humberto Fortanelli-Ramirez, 20, a suspected illegal immigrant. He faces attempted capital murder, fleeing police and criminal impersonation charges.

"I have a subject just called said he's en route to the P.D. The subject you are chasing just shot at his vehicle when it was in the city, " explained the dispatcher over the radio.

That call prompted police to continue the chase because officers now believed they were targets.

A witness says he saw the driver pull out something that looked like a broom handle, heard a shot, saw a flame, and smelled gun powder. "They didn't force the pursuit. They didn't get right up on the suspects rear bumper which would make him think, okay I need to go faster to get away. They maintained a good, reasonable distance, " says Malvern Police Sargent Bernie Mosley.

Thirty police and deputy cars were involved as the chase reached one-hundred miles per hour. After more than 15 miles, Garland County deputies used stop sticks to blow out the truck's front tires. It couldn't make it around the curve and it crashed right into a groups of trees.

The airbags went off, but the driver wouldn't get out of the truck, so officers broke the passenger's side window and pulled him out. Inside the truck, they found several beer cans, but police were more focused on making sure the suspect didn't have a gun.

So far, no weapon's been found and finding shell casings on the sides of the street might be tough. Police say they're pleased with how this turned out. "It did end well, thank God. It ended well for us, it ended well for the suspect, he wasn't harmed and it ended well for the citizens because the citizens will remain safe, " says Sgt. Mosley.

Fortanelli-Ramirez is being held in the Hot Spring County Jail on a quarter of a million dollars bond.

A Garland County deputy lost his footing when the chase ended and fell ten feet off of a ravine, cutting his head. That was the only injury Wednesday night.

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Illegals are getting more brazen by the day.

Chase ends with crash



By Meag Hunt

Wednesday around 9 p.m., Officer Kevin Yeagle of the Malvern Police Department attempted to make a routine traffic stop which led him from Wilson St. in Malvern to Shady Grove Road in Garland County at speeds of 100 mph, running red lights and being shot at.

Yeagle noted a gold Ford F-150 at the intersection of Monroe and Wilson Street which had accelerated too fast. Yeagle turned on his lights and attempted to stop the vehicle. The suspect, later identified as Humberto Fortanelli-Ramirez, sped up and headed towards Pine Bluff Street, where he took a turn onto Main Street.

During this time, Yeagle ran the license plate number which showed it belonged to another vehicle out of Hot Springs. A witness said he saw Ramirez place a long gun out the window and fire in Yeagle’s direction near Walgreen’s.

As Yeagle pursued the truck, it ran a red light at East Page Street and Main Street and continued in the direction of Hot Springs at 100 mph where it turned onto Catherine Heights Road and then finally onto Shady Grove Road.

Garland County Sheriff’s Department was able to utilize a spike strip in order to shred the front tires of the vehicle, however, according to reports, the vehicle continued on its rims for a distance before it finally crashed.

Ramirez reportedly lost control around a sharp curve and hit a tree on the left hand side of the road.

He was then taken into custody by the MPD and bond was originally set at $250,000 before it was lowered by Judge Chris Williams to $100,000 cash or professional. Williams also ordered Ramirez, who is a Mexican citizen, be handed over to Immigration Services.

•Williams also set William Denton’s bond at $5,000 cash or professional. Denton is accused of theft by receiving and criminal attempt to manufacture methamphetamines.

Attorney Phyllis Lemons was temporarily appointed by Williams to serve as counsel during the bond hearings.

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