>> just 21, 2010, middletown, ohio. officer jason deaton is finishing up on a call when dispatch alerts him to a nearby hit and run accident involving two cars colliding. >> dispatcher started dispatching myself and other units to be on the lookout for a blue van with a ladder on it. >> within seconds of the call, deaton sees the van drive by. he flips on his blue and red flashers which automatically engages his dash cam. >> i got the vehicle up here. >> the blue van pulls over. officer deaton approaches the vehicle and identifies the driver as eric german, the 45-year-old is an intimidating figure. >> first when i make contact with him, i could tell he was much larger than i was. i could tell that he was in fairly good shape. >> almost from the start, deaton senses that german is going to be trouble. >> he was talking on the cell phone. i asked him to hang up the cell phone. then he grabbed his cell phone, hung up and threw it on the dashboard.