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Not-so-Hot Pursuit of Burglary Suspect Sees Police Cars Chase Tractor Excavator at Walking Pace

  • South Carolina police chased a 53-year-old man driving a tractor excavator on U.S. Highway 78 in North Charleston early Sunday morning.
  • The chase followed a burglary call about a heavily damaged business and began when officers saw the excavator crossing the highway around 3:30 a.m.
  • Officers used sirens, blue lights, and loudspeakers to instruct the excavator driver to stop, but the pursuit lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes at speeds around 3 mph.
  • Authorities apprehended Johnny Mesa and charged him with not stopping for emergency vehicle signals as well as two separate offenses involving intentional damage to property, setting his bond at $22,000.
  • The driver tried to flee on Charleston County Fairgrounds property but was caught by a police dog and handler, leaving Mesa in custody at the county jail.
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New dash camera video shows police in South Carolina chasing a man driving an excavator.

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WCTI broke the news in on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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