By Shawn Henry 
The wild scene unfolded when Tempe cops dropped raw footage of officers nabbing a runaway Corvette clocked at a blistering 142 miles per hour through city streets. Grainy body cam video from September 9th captures the pale C8 Stingray screaming across Mill Avenue Bridge, engine howling over Tempe Town Lake like some wannabe NASCAR driver. Turns out speed demon Mazen Alassmari was filming his own joyride while residents contacted 911 with complaints about the rolling thunder show.
First night, motorcycle cops tried flagging him down, but homeboy just blew past like the laws of physics didn’t apply. Ran every red light before vanishing into the night. Classic.
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Next evening, same idiot showboat behavior. Only this time, patrol units whipped out the grappler that sweet gadget police cruisers use to hogtie a car’s back wheel and slam the brakes in a semi controlled fashion. No dramatic crash, just instant karma for Alassmari, who got yanked into cuffs while his fast rocket got towed to vehicle jail.
The Tempe Police Department later shared the footage to highlight the use of grappler technology, which is designed to end dangerous pursuits more safely than traditional methods like spike strips or PIT maneuvers.
This whole mess drives home what happens when chuckleheads turn public roads into their personal speedway, especially in downtown zones packed with pedestrians who’d rather not become roadkill.
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