COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Columbus firefighter has been terminated from the Division of Fire after pleading guilty to an operating a vehicle impaired charge, and new questions are emerging about whether he should have been hired in the first place, given his past criminal record.

Columbus police arrested Saxon Angell-Perez around 2:30 a.m. May 3 after officers saw a black pickup truck hit traffic cones in the Short North. Body-worn camera video shows officers locating the truck and attempting a traffic stop. The truck continued until it pulled into a parking lot, where the occupants ran.

In the video, an officer asks, “Why'd you run from officers when you parked your truck?” and Angell-Perez responds, “Adrenaline.” He later tells officers, “I am Columbus firefighter and paramedic.”

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