VIDEO: Standoff After Squad-Ramming in Eagan
Dramatic video shows the moments after an armed suspect rammed an Eagan police squad car and started a brief standoff on a busy south Twin Cities roadway.
The driver of the Jeep, Joshua Cameron Hanes, 32, allegedly rammed a squad car after officers attempted to stop his vehicle.
It prompted a large police response Monday, March 22, to the area of Pilot Knob Rd. & I-35E around 4 p.m.
Eagan police were asked by St. Paul police to help with stopping the Jeep, occupied by two people with felony warrants who were believed to be armed. The driver of the Jeep, Joshua Cameron Hanes, 32, allegedly rammed a squad car after officers attempted to stop his vehicle. Both Hanes and his passenger, Taryn Rose Tillman, 32, refused to exit the Jeep after the crash and a brief standoff ensued.
Officers from multiple jurisdictions came to assist and traffic was blocked in the area. Video released to MN CRIME from the Minnesota Department of Transportation shows both Hanes and Tillman eventually exiting the Jeep with their hands up and being taken into custody.
Hanes was booked into the Dakota County Jail and Tillman was turned over to St. Paul police, Eagan Police Lt. John Collins said. A booking record for Tillman could not be found. Hanes was arrested on probable cause charges of damage to property, fleeing in a motor vehicle, possession of a pistol and ammo by an ineligible person and others.
Hanes, of Inver Grove Heights, has previous convictions for motor vehicle theft, fleeing in a motor vehicle, assault and drug offenses. Tillman has previous convictions for drugs and theft.