Badge: 822
Age: 36
Served: 12 years
1999 to May 10, 2011
At 1:50 a.m., in Franklin, Ohio, on State Route 73, a Franklin police officer attempted to pull over a Cadillac for speeding. Unknown to the officer, the Cadillac had been stolen and the driver, 22-year-old Marcus Anthony Isreal, had an extensive criminal record, including convictions for robbery and drug offenses and had already been incarcerated for a time in an Ohio prison.
Isreal sped up and the officer pursued. Speeds during the pursuit reached 120 miles per hour. Officers from several area departments heard the pursuit and responded to assist. While traveling south on U.S. Route 42 near Waynesville, Isreal steered the Cadillac into a Warren County Sheriff’s Office cruiser, forcing it into a ditch. Then, he ran a second Sheriff’s Office cruiser off the road.
Sergeant Dulle responded to U.S. Route 42 at Utica Road in Lebanon where he intended to deploy Stop Sticks. At 2:01 a.m., while traveling about 100 miles per hour, Isreal drove the Cadillac off the side of the road and into Sergeant Dulle who was standing outside his vehicle; killing him instantly. The Cadillac continued on into a ditch, struck a culvert and lost a tire; then went airborne, sheared off a street sign post, and ended up in a field across Utica Road. Isreal, uninjured, escaped on foot.
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