Overview
- A Bud Light–branded tractor-trailer reported stolen from Evansville was spotted by Vanderburgh County deputies, and the driver refused to stop.
- Deputies say a patrol car was struck when a deputy moved to deploy stop sticks, which are spiked strips used to deflate a vehicle’s tires.
- The semi veered into a field, where body-camera video shows deputies surrounding the cab and firing pepperball rounds, a nonlethal irritant, to force compliance.
- Deputies took 41-year-old Randall Baker into custody and identified charges that include attempted murder, auto theft, criminal recklessness, resisting law enforcement, reckless operation of a tractor-trailer, and driving while intoxicated.
- Authorities say the deputy was not hurt, the patrol car suffered heavy damage, and the investigation continues into a pursuit made riskier by the size and weight of a commercial truck.