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Foot pursuit leads to suspect's arrest near Camp Road woodsWest Salem OH

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audio iconSuspicious Activity
Camp Rd, West Salem, OH 44287

According to the dispatch call, a male suspect wearing all black fled into the woods near Camp Road. Responding officers set up a perimeter and used a drone and canine unit. The suspect was located and taken into custody.

Audio|Heard on: Ashland County Sheriff and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
04:6
Transcript:
00:00
please in the 32, just advise me what you need to do.
00:05
3-03-3 in area.
00:11
The floor is far.
00:13
32-3-hour. We have one man that just ran.
00:19
You have the direction of travel?
00:22
I'm 32 in what direction?
00:28
Ran eastbound into the woods.
00:33
Got him.
00:38
All black, black coat, black pants.
00:43
33, number down 301.
00:49
24 to 32, just hold the area where he was last seen running into the woods.
00:54
I'm about eight minutes out with the canine.
00:57
Very quick.
01:03
303 do you want to see if 304 can get the drone in the air?
01:08
You can see that 304 now on.
01:15
That's great.
01:21
2019, 303 you need an additional.
01:25
We're going to come out this way.
01:27
I'm trying to set up some sort of perimeter.
01:32
I'm going to be pulling through the 5637 Camp Road.
01:35
If you want to go up to 1,300 in the east front of the Wayne County, you can just set up a perimeter on that road right there.
01:48
13 will get that on the area.
01:51
3.13 Senate, I'm in the area.
01:55
That's right.
02:00
It's on Camp Road, checkup.
02:05
Okay, I got another unit with me.
02:08
Unit that's going, can you shut your siren off?
02:14
I'll have a black toboggan hat on.
02:21
Good service.
02:22
I'll also be enough campus.
02:28
Okay.
02:33
Yes, be advised, I can't tell if it's a Wayne County deputy or not, but there's a guy all black down here in the power lines area.
02:44
It should be just north of the residents.
02:49
Looks like he's walking towards the road.
02:52
Do you want to stop out with him? There's no Wayne County unit on foot other than myself and the one on scene.
03:01
Okay, he's too far away right this second, but I'm keeping an eye on him.
03:05
He's walking west towards Camp Road.
03:11
If we can get somebody on Camp Road to go down to where the Amish are working on the house, he's going to pop out right there.
03:19
24.
03:22
Or does he have a hat on that covers his ears?
03:31
Whoever just passed the Amish people on the roof, he's right there is where he's going to pop out.
03:37
Walking West.
03:43
Okay, firm.
03:47
We got them in front of near Camp Road.
03:51
Be-bye.
03:54
Nail gunpoint.
04:00
We got one custody.
04:02
We got one in custody.
04:05
That's right.
04:06
That's right.

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Camp Rd, West Salem, OH 44287

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