Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department arrested a grand theft auto suspect who allegedly stole a car in the Santa Clarita area Thursday afternoon and led the LAPD on a short chase through the San Fernando Valley.
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Around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, a red Toyota Solara with a black convertible top was stolen near 16th Street and Newhall Avenue, according to officials.
Santa Clarita Valley deputies searched from the ground and the air, however, they were unable to locate the vehicle, according to officials.
And then, around 5:45 p.m., LAPD officers spotted the vehicle in the Van Nuys area on Woodman Avenue. Officers conducted a traffic stop, but the suspect fled from officers, according to officials.
“We initiated a pursuit, but called it off shortly after the suspect hit a car,” said Sgt. Shawn Corri, with the LAPD Mission Hills Division. “The news media followed the vehicle after we canceled the pursuit and followed him to Sylmar, where he stopped.”
Units that were in the area set up a containment near Beaver Street and Dronfield Avenue in Sylmar where the suspect was then taken into custody.
The suspect was transported and booked with the LAPD.
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