Possessing multiple warrants for his arrest, Richard Simone found himself in a high speed chase with police on Wednesday May, 11.  Wanted for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, larceny and failure to stop for police, the chase ended up reaching speeds of over 100 miles per hour through residential streets in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

The entire chase was followed and captured by a Sky5 news helicopter until it ended in Nashua, New Hampshire.  Reports say that the police had managed to bump Simone’s truck into a telephone pole but that Simone managed to narrowly avoid a collision and just suffer a scrape along the side of his truck.  Simone continued to flee until finally, with two flat tires and about 50 miles of residential road covered, he stopped his vehicle, stepped out and with his hands up puts himself facedown on the sidewalk.

The actions that followed have prompted the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office to release that a use of force investigation has been launched against multiple police officers involved in the apprehension of Simone. Following Simone’s apparent surrender, nine officers and a canine unit started closing in on him as he lowered himself to the ground.  The Sky5 shows that once Simone is on the ground four officers immediately, one joins a few seconds later, rush to get on top of him. One of the officers is clearly swinging his arm as if to punch Simone in the head multiple times.

In a statement released, the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) said, “The pursuit, like all pursuits that involve Massachusetts State Police, will be reviewed by the department’s pursuit committee… [and] MSP will also review the apprehension of the suspect, to determine whether the level of force deployed during the arrest was appropriate.  The arrest has sparked more than just an internal investigation however, as the office of New Hampshire’s governor, Gov. Maggie Hassan, has spoken out to inform the people and police of an impending investigation.

Simone will facce additional charges related to the pursuit along with his previously held warrants and will be arraigned in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Proceedings are said to begin Thursday.