A Google Maps Street View driver, nearly a year after his arrest, has now pleaded guilty to leading Indiana police officers on a high-speed chase before crashing into a creek. To everyone’s surprise, the criminal charges on the man have been reduced to misdemeanour as the man accepted a suspended one-year jail sentence for his act and even agreed to pay $3,200 (around Rs 3 lakh) in restitution.
The 37-year-old Coleman Ferguson was “escorted out of the vehicle and placed into custody" by the Middletown Police Department for about seven months. On August 1, 2023, the Department, through a Facebook post, shared information about arresting Ferguson for driving over 100 miles per hour. The police officer who arrested the driver reported that the suspect’s unusual vehicle was blowing past a high school and passed another car at nearly double the posted 55 mph speed limit. The police report said, “[The car] was Google wrapped and had a large 360 camera on top of the vehicle."
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As the officer turned on his sirens and gave chase, the driver picked up speed. Police further said that the vehicle went “airborn for several feet" before stopping in a creek in a northeast suburb of Indianapolis. Ferguson, on the other hand, blamed police for making him flee from them as he reportedly was driving with a suspended license and expired plates earlier and was convicted for the same.
The department, in its post, further shared, “Mr Ferguson stated that he worked for Google and was scared to stop. He was transported to Henry Community Health Hospital in New Castle for medical clearance and then to the Henry County Jail. He was arrested for Resisting Law Enforcement with a vehicle, a Level 6 Felony."
The police department, however, is yet to discover how Ferguson, working as a Google contractor, came to operate a Street View car. The driver was found to have a rap sheet including two separate convictions for driving with a suspended license and expired plates. As per the reports, he was working in the facilities department of an Indiana university.
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