Body camera shows felon running through a daycare during a police chase

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WARREN, Ohio (WJW) – A man seen on police body camera video running from officers into a busy daycare appears to have been in and out of court and jail since at least 2008.

Lamar Mitchell, 39, crashed his car near a Warren intersection on Nov. 3, running from officers who realized he was wanted for an outstanding charge of felonious assault.

During the chase, he forced his way into the Precious Times Daycare and preschool while frightened staff members are seen grabbing children and running them to safety.

A check of Mitchell’s Trumbull County court records shows he is the same man who held SWAT officers in a two-hour standoff in August of 2021.

Officers were called to the scene believing that Mitchell, who was wanted on a felony escape charge, was inside.

During the standoff, Mitchell was reported to have threatened to kill the officers, who backed out of the building.

He surrendered two hours later and pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary with firearms specifications. He was sentenced to six months in prison.