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Video: Ohio deputy picked up in loader while pursuing suspect on foot

The incident occurred after the deputy attempted to climb onto the vehicle and stop the suspect from driving away

Video: Ohio deputy picked up in loader while pursuing suspect on foot

Henry then uses the loader to remove the officer from the vehicle, carrying him around in the front bucket of the loader before dropping him to the ground.

WHIO

By Joanna Putman
Police1

MIAMI COUNTY, Ohio — Body camera video shows the moment a suspect in a skid steer loader used the equipment to lift a deputy off the ground and continue to flee in the equipment, WHIO reported.

Video shows the suspect, now identified as Zachary Henry, fleeing from officers who were pursuing the piece of equipment on foot. One officer climbs onto the vehicle in an attempt to stop Henry.

Henry then uses the loader to remove the officer from the vehicle, carrying him around in the front bucket of the loader before dropping him to the ground.

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WHIO

Officers continued to pursue Henry until he drove the vehicle into a pond, where it became stuck, according to the report. He then got out of the vehicle and fled on foot.

Henry has been charged with assault on a police officer and resisting arrest. He is not in custody, but a warrant has been issued for his arrest, according to the report.