Trending: Man Enters a Plea After a Risky Police Pursuit That Ends in a Creek Crash

Nearly a year after his arrest, a motorist using Google Maps Street View admitted to leading Indiana police officers on a fast-paced pursuit until he crashed into a stream. To everyone’s amazement, the man’s criminal charges were dropped to misdemeanors when he agreed to pay $3,200 (about Rs 3 lakh) in restitution and accept a suspended one-year prison term for his actions.

The Middletown Police Department “escorted out of the vehicle and placed into custody” Coleman Ferguson, 37, for about seven months. Ferguson was arrested on August 1, 2023, for exceeding the speed limit of one hundred miles per hour, according to a Facebook post made by the Department. The suspect’s strange automobile was reportedly speeding past a high school and past another car at almost double the statutory 55 mph speed limit, according to the police officer who pulled the driver over. “[The car] was Google wrapped and had a large 360-degree camera on top of the vehicle,” the police report said.

The motorist accelerated as the police engaged in pursuit while using his sirens. The car “went airborne for several feet,” according to police, before coming to a halt in a stream in an Indianapolis neighborhood to the northeast. Ferguson, meanwhile, claimed that the police forced him to run because he had previously been found guilty of driving with an expired license plate and a suspended license.

“Mr. Ferguson stated that he worked for Google and was scared to stop,” the agency added in its statement. After receiving medical clearance at Henry Community Health Hospital in New Castle, he was sent to the Henry County Jail. He was taken into custody for Level 6 Felony, Resisting Law Enforcement with a Vehicle.”

But the police department still doesn’t know how Ferguson, a Google worker, got to drive a Street View vehicle. The motorist was discovered to have a criminal record that included two convictions for operating a vehicle with a suspended license and expired license plates. He was employed by an Indiana institution in the facilities division, according to the allegations.