Crystal Meth User Climbs 35- story Building To flee from cops

St. Louis, MO | A crystal meth lab bust turned into a wild goose chase as Jonathan Gleem, a 26-year old crystal meth dealer and lab operator, fled from St. Louis officers and climbed a 35-story downtown building with his bear hands in a police chase that lasted more than 5 hours.

The man that has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking in various controlled substances was the first to be intercepted by police officers during the bust, but managed to twist himself out of the grasp of two police officers before taking a dash for the streets where he eventually was cornered by several police cars.

The man which was found to be under the influence of crystal meth at the time of the bust, eventually managed to start climbing the 35-story building to the amazement of police officers and local by-standers.

Jonathan Gleem, a 26-year old crystal meth lab operator managed to climb a 35-story building with his bare hands, and under the influence of crystal meth, while trying to flee from police officers in downtown St. Louis

Officer James Joyce, who was present during the operation, is still baffled by what he saw.

“I don’t know what they put in those damn drugs, but what that boy was doing was completely insane” he recalls. “He climbed that building with such speed, I was wondering if we weren’t chasing some kind of wild animal” he told local reporters, still visibly shaken by the whole affair.

The suspect managed to jump from rooftop to rooftop before he threw himself into an apartment window and eventually blacked out.

“It was crazy, I thought they were shooting a movie or something”explains Penney Sue Gibbins, a local witness to the scene. “He was jumping from rooftop to rooftop like he was a superhero” she recalls. “When he threw himself from the rooftop of one building and through that window, I was sure he’d be dead” she adds, visibly traumatized.

The mayor of St. Louis, Francis G. Slay, hopes the “isolated incident” does not contribute to St. Louis’ reputation as “America’s crystal meth capital” and claims the drug problem is a “nationwide threat” and not specific to the area.

St. Louis police arrested six people and seized nearly 5,000 grams of crystal meth during the bust, the recent drug seizure estimated to be worth about $800,000.