Like a chase scene from a movie, police use helicopter to track suspect

PLYMOUTH ‒ Massachusetts State Police used a helicopter to track down a domestic abuse suspect on the run in Plymouth this week.

State Police called its air wing to assist in the search around 8:30 a.m. on April 30. The suspect ran after he was involved in a domestic assault and battery incident, police say.

Sgt. Gregg Spooner and Trooper Joshua Pacheco, in the Massachusetts State Police Air 4 helicopter responded from its air base at Plymouth Municipal Airport and were on scene minutes after the request came in, police said.

The suspect was near the Old Colony YMCA on Wareham Road. The flight crew tracked him from above, directing Plymouth officers on the ground to the area.

Police said the man ran through several residential neighborhoods to avoid arrest..

"The suspect used the yards and fences to his advantage, jumping gates and cutting between neighborhoods," state police said in a news release. "He could not, however, shake Air 4. Even after filling a water bottle from a backyard hose, the suspect tired and when cornered by Plymouth officers, directed to his location by the troopers overhead, he surrendered and was placed under arrest."

No further information was available as of Wednesday morning.