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Wednesday, March 5, 2014Area:
Ventura, CAA 25-year-old Oxnard man was arrested Thursday for a hit-and-run incident in Ventura, police said.
Police responded to a call on the 10500 block of Nopalito Street, where the suspect, identified as Andrew Ambriz, allegedly stole the unidentified victim's car, Ventura Police Department officials said.
The victim, who knew Ambriz, tried to prevent him from leaving, but was struck as he drove east on Nopalito Street, police said.
Ambriz stopped the car and fled on foot to a nearby residential area, witnesses told police.
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Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
New Orleans, LAA Baton Rouge man was arrested Tuesday in Meraux after fleeing police in a stolen Cadillac and crashing the car into a house, according to the St. Bernard Sheriff's office.
Michael Perriloux, 18, was spotted driving recklessly by a St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's deputy on E. Judge Perez Drive.
Perriloux stopped the car in the 4500 block of E. Judge Perez Drive. But as the deputy was getting out his car, the Cadillac sped off.
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Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
Baltimore, MDAll Amtrak and MARC rail service between Baltimore and Wilmington was suspended for several hours Tuesday evening after a man was killed on train tracks in Rosedale, rail and police officials said.
Baltimore County Police believe the man failed to hear the train coming toward him at a high rate of speed after a stolen ATV in his possession "broke down on him next to the tracks just prior to the accident."
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Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
Cleveland-Akron, OHAn attempted traffic stop in East Cleveland ended with a woman crashing into a railroad bridge on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland around 3 a.m. Tuesday.
According to East Cleveland police, they attempted to stop a stolen Jeep driven by a woman in their city. The woman took off from the officer, shortly after taking off the driver crashed into the railroad bridge at East 123rd Street and Euclid Avenue.
East Cleveland police stated that they were not chasing the woman at the time of the crash but witnessed the crash.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014Area:
Hartford & New Haven, CTAn East Hartford teen is dead after a Honda struck a sanitation truck on Silver Lane in East Hartford on Monday.
The crash happened on Silver Lane near the intersection with Holland Lane around 11 a.m. Monday and police identified the driver of the car as Leonel Colon, 17, of East Hartford.
On Monday, police said the car was stolen and the driver lost control.
Officers pursued the Honda on Burnside Avenue earlier Monday morning, but the chase was called off and was not connected to the crash, according to police.
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Thursday, February 27, 2014The driver of a stolen pickup was killed after crashing into power poles in Pittsburg on Thursday night and knocking out power to nearly 1,200 PG&E customers in the surrounding area, police and utility officials said.
Around 11:40 p.m., residents in the 600 block of Rockspray Circle heard a vehicle starting outside their home and looked outside to see someone driving off in their truck, police said.
Police said the residents tried to follow the driver in another car, but stopped after he began speeding at about 70 miles per hour on West 10th Street.
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Monday, February 24, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZA bank robbery that ended with the suspect escaping on a bicycle led to a carjacking, a collision with police and a fatal officer-involved shooting Tuesday morning in a swath of the southeast Valley that encompassed Gilbert, Mesa and unincorporated areas.
The suspect, who police could only identify as a man in his 50s or 60s, was shot and killed in an apartment complex parking lot near Crismon and Broadway roads after he turned and showed a Gilbert police officer a gun, according to a Gilbert police spokesman.
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Sunday, February 23, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZA 35-year-old man led police on a chase through two cities Monday night in which he broke into three homes, brandished a gun, and demanded cars before crashing in a stolen vehicle and being taken into custody, according to Glendale police.
Julio Ivan Tinero-Figuera was not armed when police caught up with him near 47th Avenue and Bethany Home Road, but police said they located a gun in the stolen car Tinero was driving before he got the car stuck and fled on foot, said officer a Glendale police spokeswoman.
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Thursday, February 20, 2014Area:
Chicago, ILThe outbound Bishop Ford was shut down following a police chase that apparently ended with an arrest on the highway.
A photo posted on Facebook shows officers standing by a squad car and putting a suspect in the back seat. The arrest happened near 115th street.
Witnesses report that officers are searching the Pullman neighborhood on foot with dogs, apparently searching for another suspect.
The chase was started by Calumet City Police, according to Illinois State Police, after they were notified that the vehicle involved was believed to be stolen in Chicago.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014Spartanburg County deputies have arrested a man they said ran away after crashing at the end of a chase in a stolen vehicle.
Timothy Robert Harrison is charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, reckless driving, missing or improper displayed tag and a blue light violation, according to the Spartanburg County Detention Center website.
Master Deputy Kevin Bobo said the chase began Wednesday night after a deputy ran a tag on a vehicle in a driveway on Burnetts Road in Chesnee.