VIDEO: Pursuit suspect speaks from 4th Avenue Jail

abc15.com staff
5:30 PM, Jan 25, 2018
10:28 PM, Jan 25, 2018
central phoenix | phoenix metro

RAW VIDEO: Full jailhouse interview with pursuit suspect Matthew Traebel.

Pursuit suspect says he did nothing wrong during chase, and DPS shouldn't have pulled him over.

The suspect told ABC15 that DPS made him crash into the SUV.

31-year-old Mitchell Timothy Taebel spoke to ABC15 from jail Thursday, one day after allegedly leading Department of Public Safety troopers and several other agencies on a cross town pursuit.

Hear what Taebel had to say in the payer above. 

DPS troopers began following the suspect's vehicle from the West Valley along Interstate 10 around 10 a.m., after he fled from a traffic stop. He was eventually taken into custody after crashing into another car in an intersection near Rural Road, south of Apache Boulevard.

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