April 7 – 4:30PM
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A brazen burglary suspect in a Ford Mustang convertible did donuts on Hollywood Boulevard today, drove the wrong way on rain-slick streets and taunted pursuers before parking the damaged vehicle in a South Los Angeles neighborhood, where he and a cohort gave up. The roughly 90-minute chase began about 3 p.m. when sheriff’s deputies spotted the suspects who reportedly were involved in a burglary in Cerritos. California Highway Patrol officers took over the chase as the suspect driver steered the dark-blue convertible north on the Harbor (110) Freeway toward downtown Los Angeles. At one point, the suspects put the convertible top down, even though a steady rain was falling. The vehicle headed north on the Hollywood (101) Freeway and exited at Hollywood Boulevard, where the driver spun the vehicle in tight “donut” circles with pursing Los Angeles police vehicles nearby.
The driver headed north on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, then east through the Hollywood Hills before emerging back on Hollywood Boulevard. After getting onto the Hollywood Freeway again, the Mustang was cut off by a TMZ tour bus. The suspect in the passenger seat threw something at the bus as the driver steered the Ford around the bus. By then, one of the front tires of the Mustang was shredded, possibly from a spike strip, but the motorist kept going, despite an exposed wheel rim.
The driver then headed south on the Hollywood and Harbor freeways before exiting at Adams Boulevard and continuing to the area of Central Avenue and 51st Street, where the driver stopped and got out, awaiting deputies who took him and the passenger into custody as a crowed of people gathered. A third man was also taken into custody where the pursuit came to an end. Some of the onlookers spoke with and high-fived the suspects, some even taking selfies with the two, before deputies arrived. Other people cheered the suspects on as they passed during the chase and the suspects appeared to respond with fist pumps. During the pursuit, the Mustang appeared to clip another vehicle, but the suspect driver kept going.
April 7 – 4:00PM
Those two Cerritos burglary suspects in that dark-blue Ford Mustang convertible have been taken into custody by sheriff’s deputies in a South Los Angeles residential neighborhood, culminating a wild freeway and surface street chase. The men talked to residents and posed for selfies while waiting for authorities to arrive to arrest them.
April 7 – 3:00PM
The burglary suspects in that dark-blue Ford Mustang convertible are again northound on the Hollywood (101) Freeway, approaching the Cahuenga Pass.
April 7 – 2:50PM
The burglary suspects in that dark-blue Ford Mustang convertible turned north on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, then east on Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills. One of the tire’s cars appears to be going flat.
April 7 – 2:20PM
A sheriff’s captain says the suspects in that dark blue Ford Mustang convertible are wanted in connection with a break-in in Cerritos. The driver exited the Hollywood (101) Freeway and did “donuts” on Hollywood Boulevard.
