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3 cops injured, 2 cruisers and unmarked car smashed in arrest of convicted drug dealer
Three Dayton police officers were injured and two cruisers and an unmarked car damaged Wednesday afternoon in a gas station parking lot when the officers attempted to stop a stolen car driven by a convicted drug dealer, four months out of prison, according to police.
Police said a plainclothes detective spotted a stolen 2011 Dodge Charger on Germantown Pike around 3:15 p.m. The detective followed the Dodge and called for backup as the car pulled into the BP station at the intersection with Gettysburg Avenue.
One cruiser pulled in front of the Dodge. The Dodge’s driver, Frank Chatman Jr., 22, of Dayton, put his car in reverse, slamming into a cruiser that pulled up behind him. Seeing the Dodge was about escape, the detective drove his unmarked car into the Dodge as it slammed into the front cruiser, Maj. Pat Welsh said.
Chatman then jumped from the car and fled, only to be run to ground by the pursing officers. The detective and the officer in the rear cruiser were injured in the crashes. A second uniformed officer was injured during the foot chase, Welsh said.
The major said all three officers were treated and later released. None are cleared for duty until Monday.
Police recovered a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol with 14 rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber. Cocaine and heroin were recovered from Chatman.
Chatman was taken to the Montgomery County Jail. He was charged Thursday in Dayton Municipal Court with felonious assault of a peace officer, felony possession of cocaine, felony possession of heroin, felony vandalism and a felony weapons charge.
According to court records, Chatman was convicted of drug trafficking, two counts of heroin possession and a weapons charge in 2008 and sentenced to 3 years in prison. He was released from prison on Sept. 23 and was under probation supervision.
According to police records, Chatman had numerous arrests as a juvenile for drug possession, weapons charges and fleeing police. During one arrest, police discovered Chatman was wearing an electronic anklet because he was under house arrest.
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