ROBERTFOR THE FIRST TIME
TONIGHT, WE ARE SEEING HOW
INVESTIGATORS CAUGHT THE MAN
WHO TERRORIZED AND INJURED
DRIVERS ALONG INTERSTATE-35
FOR TWO YEARS.KXAN HAS
OBTAINED VIDEO SHOWING THE
MOMENT PAT JOHNSON ATTACKED A
UT POLICE OFFICER'S CAR WITH A
ROCK - ULTIMATELY LEADING TO
HIS ARREST.POLICE SAY HE WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY 100
ROCK ATTACKS.KXAN INVESTIGATOR
BRIAN COLLISTER SHOWS US THE
EVIDENCE POLICE USED TO BUILD
A CASE AGAINST JOHNSON.
SERGEANT ERIC JOHANSON WAS ON
HIS WAY HOME FROM HIS JOB AS A
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS POLICE
OFFICER LAST MAY, WHEN
SOMETHING STRUCK THE FRONT OF
HIS PATROL CAR.SGT. ERIC
JOHANSON/UTPD: I WAS A LITTLE
BIT NORTH IN ROUND ROCK AT THE
TIME, SO I WAS ON I-35
NORTHBOUND. THIS IS THE VIDEO
FROM HIS DASH CAMERA THAT
NIGHT WHEN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A
SNOW BALL FLIES ACROSS THE
CONCRETE BARRIER.WATCH AGAIN
AS WE SLOW IT DOWN, YOU CAN
SEE THE ROCK COME FLYING OUT
OF THIS ONCOMING CAR AND
STRIKE THE PATROL UNIT.
JOHANSON WAS ON THE PHONE AND
IMMEDIATELY TURNED ON HIS
MICROPHONE.DASHCAM: SOMETHING
JUST FLEW ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.
I GOTTA GO, CALL YOU BACK.AT
THE TIME, HE DIDN'T THINK MUCH
OF IT, ONLY LATER
TELLING HIS SUPERVISORS ABOUT
THE INCIDENT.SGT. ERIC
JOHANSON/UTPD: I SAW IT COMING
TOWARDS ME AND IT SEEMED LIKE
IT HAD SKIPPED UP OFF THE
GROUND. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR
THEIR TO BE DEBRIS ON I-35 AND
I WAS NO WHERE NEAR A BRIDGE
SO THE ROCK THROWER WASN'T
ANYWHERE ON MY MIND.THIS IS
THE MAN WHO THREW THE ROCK,
PATRICK JOHNSON.MORE THAN A
YEAR LATER, HE WAS FINALLY
ARRESTED.HERE JOHNSON
DESCRIBES HOW HE DID IT TO AN
AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT
INVESTIGATOR. OFFICER: DID YOU
THROW IT WITH YOUR LEFT HAND
OR YOUR RIGHT HAND?JOHNSON: I
DON'T RECALL. KINDA WENT OUT
THE WINDOW LIKE THAT. OFFICER:
SO, WHICH ONE DID YOU THROW IT
WITH?JOHNSON: I FLICKED IT OUT
LIKE A CIGARETTE. OFFICER: YOU
FLICKED THE ROCK OUR LIKE A
CIGARETTE.JOHNSON: UM HUM.
POLICE ALSO GATHERED AS
EVIDENCE, VIDEO LIKE THIS -
SHOT BY JOHNSON HIMSELF USING
A GOPRO ON HIS DASH.JOHNSON
CAN BARELY BE HEARD IN THE
BACKGROUND MUMBLING ABOUT
WANTING TO TARGET DRUNK
DRIVERS FOR FUN.INVESTIGATORS
EVENTUALLY ZEROED IN ON THEIR
MAN, FOR AMONG OTHER REASONS,
REPEATEDLY CALLED 911,
INCLUDING REPORTING DEBRIS IN
THE ROAD THE NIGHT HE HIT
OFFICER JOHANSON.JOHNSON: IT'S
GONNA BE LARGE, IT'S PROBABLY
FOUR TO THREE AND A HALF FOOT
WIDE BY PROBABLY SIX FOOT
LONG. 911 OPERATOR: OK. WHAT'S
YOUR NAME? JOHNSON: PAT911
OPERATOR: PAT JOHNSON?JOHNSON:
YEAH.IT WAS THOSE 911 CALLS,
AND JOHNSON SHOWING UP AT THE
SCENE AFTER HE HIT A CAR THAT
LEAD INVESTIGATORS TO CATCH
HIM.BUT NOT BEFORE HE CAME
CLOSE TO KILLING SOMEONE.
JOHNSON'S MOTHER: "IT DAMAGED
OUR WHOLE FAMILY. IT DAMAGED
KENNETH.""HE WASN'T SUPPOSED
TO TALK OR WALK OR ANYTHING."
BRIANJOHNSON EVENTUALLY PLED
GUILTY TO FOUR COUNTS
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A
DEADLY WEAPON.BRIAN COLLISTER,
KXAN INVESTIGATES.ROBERT
JOHNSON WAS SENTENCED TO 40
YEARS FOR THE ROCK THROWING
CASES.HE WAS ALREADY SERVING A
LIFE SENTENCE FOR AGGRAVATED
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