Arsonist Flees After Burning Down House

officers are dispatched after a caller reports that a neighboring resident forced entry into a home poured gasoline inside and is now setting the property on fire can you confirm that the house is on fire because she's saying that they're yelling it's on fire i can't tell i'm getting it i'm getting it who did it here we go somebody's house is on fire so i gotta go no no no 2015 i'm 10-8 from here i'll be in route there he poured gasoline in my yard he went to my yard is it this guy no not him not him this house is on fire too you want to need a house on six streets on fire as well hey stop stop right now stop right now he's taking off in a chevy suburban daniel ran me over heavyset hispanic the house on six streets on fire the front we're uh westbound on third westbound third just ran the red light of main and third this one too okay thank you headed west on central headed west on central headed west on central south on Tremont, 200 block of Tremont headed south, coming up to Prospect. Yeah, male Hispanic was driving with a beard. Heavyset. Is there any county that's close by? No. We're stopped on Division. No, get out of the car. Keep your hands right there. Division, Tremont. Division, Tremont. He's going to be southbound on the 10, southbound on the 10. I tried getting in the back door, but it's blocked. I got it. Stay back. It's a male driver with a beard and glasses, wearing a ball cap. Stay back, guys. Stay back. Move the car back. Westbound McClure. Westbound McClure. Hey, move the car back, guys. I understand it. I'm going to need you to move the car back so we can get more fire trucks, okay? 20 is paralleling on Prospect, Recreation Division. Headed back north. Watch out, buddy. She's going to move the car. Come here. Go back. I know, buddy. I know. You okay? You all right? Is this your house? Yes. I'm telling you where it is. Northbound on Hollis. Coming to a stop. Coming to a stop in the highway. Buddy, get up off the road. My man. You alright? Hey, I need you to stand up, buddy. Okay? We got firetrucks coming. Right here in front of you guys. Silver truck. Your driver calls 911. It's a burgeoning emergency. She is going to be driving very easily. She needs to breathe. Oh my god. I know, I know. Yo, watch out, though. Oh my god. He's down on division, approaching that curve. that county unit behind 15 now. He's slowing down. He's slowing down on the, he's slowing down on the end of the process. He got back on his pills and he's been, he's been off? No, he's been off and then he got back on. Right, but he hasn't been acting right? No, I just can't hold on to that. He's moving around in there for sure. I know, okay. I tried kicking in the back door. Is there something blocking the back door? Can you please get my tax? I'm going to try to, but I need you to stay here. Let these guys do the job. I can't go in there, okay? He's moving around in there, be careful. Jen, are you going to clear and come to this pursuit? Jen, keep pulling off, man. I'm at it over here. I'll be around. Where are you guys at? Do you have an arson charge? We're turning eastbound on second. 10, you have 6. We'll be eastbound on east second. Eastbound on east second, crossing Walnut. We'll be. stand by. We're headed north. Northbound on E Street, northbound on E Street from 2nd, still northbound crossing 5th Street. We're going to be turning westbound on 6. We're blocked by fire trucks. He's coming around all the fire trucks. Ken, you're going to have to call and we're pulling out of the shoot. Watch out, guys. He's going around the back. He's going back north. He's going towards Cernovich's. He's going around the back of Cernovich's. Heading the back way towards 7th. He's going to be coming up on the railroad tracks. He's going to be stuck right here. He's peeling out. Go, go, go, go. Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Go back around, go back around. He went toward East Street. Jesus. He's behind the resident on Fifth Street. Go to gunpoint, go to gunpoint. He just ran into the squad. Go back two yards, stand by. He's sitting in full speed. Cover on the back side, cover back on green. south on grace coming to third street west on third towards pd lock them in Just ran my squad on 3rd Street. How do I see it? South on Elm, South on Elm. Still South on Elm. West on central, or first, west on first. "North on main, north on main" "North on main, cross the tracks" "Still north on main, speed's over 60" "Still north on main, heading past northeast" "Anybody know where the vehicle is? I don't see it" "They were passing northeast park northbound" Anybody know where the vehicle is? I don't see it. They were passing Northeast Park, northbound. Just north on 78, going past Sillabarn Road. Passing Northeast Park, Northbound. North on 78, going past Sillbarn Road. Take a right on 900 North, 900 North. Take a right on 900 North, he's stopped, he's stopped, 900 North, I'm waiting for backup. just wait just yes yes you you gotta stop you gotta stop this yes but you got yes just yes matt let me take this matt hey stay no stay right here do not leave stop no do not leave stop right here damn it Looks like we're moving here. Should we box him in? We can. I don't know if we're supposed to or not. I'm sorry. I knew we needed to stop him. We're just off of. We're just on 9-1-1 right now. We're slow rolling right now. Stop. Stop. Try to box this guy in if he's going that slow. Is his car breaking down? You've got to stop this guy. Can we get in front of him and stop him? We're heading back towards Kiwani on E Street Extension. Everybody's getting in front of him. Try to get him stopped. We're still slowly heading north. We need to try to get this guy stopped before he gets back into town. He killed a lot of people already, so let's get him in front of them or something. I agree. He's slowed down several times. If I can get around him, we're going to have to box him in. He's at a high rate of speed, still heading into town. Coming up towards Grzeska Street. Speed's over 80. Tell the fire to be careful. He might be heading back towards them again. He told us he wanted to say goodbye to his kids, so it's a good chance he's heading back there. Just passing 10th Street, heading south on east. he just jumped the corner and he's heading north or south again up towards the house he's going to turn back on to by the liquor store he's trying to get back off this street west on east fifth and you guys if you get stopped you gotta pin them The driver's in the yards again. He's back at the residence on 6th. Turn right. Where the fuck's he at? Almost ran over some kids. He's over on 5th Street again, behind the residence, behind Virgil's. We're at 250, 250. Go on the ground now, go on the ground now. You got hands, you got hands, get close. Both hands out now! Put your hands down now! Taser, Taser! Taser, Taser, Taser, Taser! Both hands out now! Got hands, got hands? Both hands behind your back! Taser! Taser! Taser! I'm done, I'm done. It hurts, it hurts. Stop! Stop resisting! Stop resisting! I'm off, I'm off, I'm off. Thank you guys. I'm proud of you guys. Taste it off, taste it off, taste it off. Hang on, hang on. Hold on, hold on, hold on. I can't breathe. Just relax. Get him off, get him off. Okay, what happened once I started videoing today? I can't even tell you guys. But listen. Hey, bro, can I talk to you? Shut your mouth. Get the fuck outta here! Stand up! You're good! Don't feel bad for me! I'm trying to kill a bunch of people! Shut your mouth! What about all these kids? You almost hit me! I have a very angry citizen out here that is demanding to speak with one of you two about the first booster count. We'll be up there as soon as possible. I've never done anything bad like that. We could die, bro. Don't ever touch him again. Damn, stupid, right? Baby, you wouldn't let me leave. I told you I wanted to leave. You told me not to, so that I would hallucinate and shit, but I'm not. You guys stay happy. Take care of your mama. Make sure your doors are locked at night. I'm very sorry. I can't breathe. I couldn't do another night of that shit. All right, I'll tell you what happened real quick. So, they served me on your medication. Yeah, that's not an excuse. Not an excuse, dude. I don't want to talk in front of that dude. I'm not in front of that dude right there. No, I know. We're going to move you to my car that was not involved in it. I'm an idiot. F***ing idiot, huh? Damn, that was an adrenaline rush, huh? Let me just tell you, that's the craziest thing I've ever done in my life. The pain, right? They're trying to make me f***ing hallucinate. Of course, they're going to get away with that. This is the stupidest way to prove it. I'm an idiot, dude. Ah! Ah! All right, I'm calming down. I told my kids I got there and stuff. I told them to go ahead and go to their grandpa's and shit. So they weren't in the house or anything. Because I love my kids. So I told them to go ahead and head to grandpa's house. And then I just didn't want no one to live in that house anymore, dude. The neighbors, they kept me up so long. So I kept going back and forth over there. Fucking get them to stop fucking harassing us. It don't matter. All right. Sorry about that, bro. Do me a favor for the kids. Go back and hang out with them. I'm going to hang with you, actually. No, that's fine. It wasn't me. He needs to be put in a padded room. It's okay. oh i know i know i feel the same way the nozzle after he had set fire to it he had i think thrown it over there and she didn't want it there so she put it into the garbage can i'll show you which one are you the property owner do you want to pursue charges oh yes i do he dumped gas in my yard where did you see the fuel nozzle i picked it up because i was gonna let my dog out and i didn't want my dog okay okay put it in there yeah okay i came outside because i heard yelling he He pulled up behind the van, and I asked him what he was doing. He was like, I hope everybody's out of the house because I'm going to set this bitch on fire. So my oldest was standing in the street, and as he was coming around here, he almost hit my 11-year-old. Do you want to pursue charges for that? Yes. The house sustained significant damage in the fire, resulting in the family losing their home and a family cat going missing before later being found safe. The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Roberto Martinez, was charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder, residential burglary, residential arson, arson, criminal trespass to a residence, Three counts of criminal damage to state-supported property, two counts of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer, resisting a peace officer, and multiple traffic offenses. According to court records, Roberto pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted first-degree murder and residential arson. The remaining charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement. He was ordered to pay $7,693.25 in restitution and $5,000 to the Henry County Sheriff's Department. Roberto was sentenced to 18 years in prison, with the 15-year arson sentence running concurrently, and must serve roughly at least 15 years and four months before becoming eligible for release. I'm happy to see that not all the charges were dropped and this guy's going to be doing some hard time. Hey guys, I'm Steve from the Sergeant Steve YouTube channel and that was one intense car chase and it does seem to be a mental health issue or at least that's involved a little bit. We don't want to over pathologize every crime and say that it was mental health, but in this case, definitely seems to be a factor here. Police pursuits are very restricted nowadays. Usually you have to have a serious felony and then during the chase, you have to make the decision, is it worth putting a police car in contact with a car? And these things are also highly restricted. In a lot of places, they're just straight up banned. You can't do them anymore. At one point, I think he does say he wants to see his kids. And then one officer starts to build a rapport with him. The guy gets out of the car and starts to talk. And then the other cop shows up and yells some harsh commands at him like. on the ground, which isn't totally inappropriate, but it did completely ruin any rapport that cop had with him. And you can tell when he got back in the car, he was like, damn it, Matt. In the end, the cops did a great job. They got the guy in custody and they stopped the threat to the community. So thank God for that.