BOYS FROM GROUP HOME CAUGHT AFTER TAKING VAN.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Two teen-agers ran away from a Lancaster group home, stole a van and led law officers on a 90-mile chase to a Disneyland-area hotel, where they were found hiding in a stairwell stair·well n. A vertical shaft around which a staircase has been built. stairwell Noun a vertical shaft in a building that contains a staircase Noun 1. by a police dog. The boys, 17 and 14, stole keys from a staffer at the Boys to Men group home and fled in the staffer's van because the older boy's grandmother had died two days earlier and he wasn't allowed to leave to visit his family, officials said. ``He received word from relatives that the grandmother passed away,'' said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's Deputy Theresa Dawson. ``He took the car to go where his family lived.'' The older boy was being held at the home, in the 3300 block of East Avenue H-10, on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. on a peace officer, and the younger one was in custody in connection with an assault, deputies said. The two teen-agers, whose names were not released because of their age, took the white Chevy Astro sometime after 11:15 a.m. Wednesday. Officials of the group home immediately realized that the van was missing and notified the Lancaster sheriff's station. A few minutes later, a deputy spotted the stolen van traveling south on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. at Palmdale Boulevard. Deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, but the van kept going. Deputies chased it to the Pearblossom Highway on-ramp, and California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers took up the chase at Escondido Canyon Road. After driving down Interstate 5 to Anaheim, the van got off on Ball Road and stopped in front of a Holiday Inn, across the freeway from Disneyland. The two occupants ran into the hotel, which officials evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. of guests and conducted a floor-by-floor search. The pair were located shortly after 2:30 p.m., reportedly in a stairwell. |
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