BURGLARY SUSPECTS IN CHASE POLICE FOLLOW TRIO GOING UP TO 90 MPH ACROSS THREE COUNTIES.Byline: Staff and Wire Services LAKE 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. - A car carrying two men and a woman suspected of burglarizing dozens of homes led authorities on a 90 mph chase across three Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, counties on Wednesday. The pursuit, which began in Lake Los Angeles about 10:30 a.m., finally ended about 12:45 p.m. when the final two of three suspects surrendered. One had jumped out of the car earlier and been arrested. The car stopped several times during the televised chase, including once when the driver jumped out, tried unsuccessfully to carjack car·jack or car-jack tr.v. car·jacked, car·jack·ing, car·jacks To commit forcible theft of (a vehicle) from its users. [car + (hi)jack. another vehicle, then jumped back in and sped away despite being surrounded by patrol cars. The pursuit began after Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies received a call that two men and a woman appeared to be burglarizing a Lake Los Angeles home, said Lt. Wallace Fullerton of the Sheriff's Department's Lancaster station. ``Deputies were dispatched to the residence and they discovered three suspects leaving,'' Fullerton said. ``The three suspects jumped in this vehicle and the pursuit started.'' The suspects are believed to have burglarized as many as 30 homes in the Lake Los Angeles area, often stealing weapons, authorities said. The chase reached speeds of 90 mph on two-lane Highway 138 and Interstate 15 before the deputies handed it off to the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. about 10 miles into neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. County, Fullerton said. It continued into Riverside County, where at least one tire was flattened on Interstate 15. Near Lake Elsinore, the car slowed and a man riding in the back seat jumped out, lying down on the pavement to surrender. The car stopped briefly and then sped off, with patrol cars in pursuit. The car then exited the interstate in the Wildomar area and stopped in an intersection. The driver jumped out and attempted to carjack a car at a stoplight. That motorist sped away before the suspect could fully open the car door. The suspect jumped back into his own car as CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan cars swooped in and seemed to have it pinned. KABC's helicopter reporter said there appeared to be gunfire there before the car managed to get free and sped off toward Murietta. After the car stopped again on a rural road, officers fired pepper-ball pellets into it and the man and woman surrendered. |
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