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From: Couple SW99 40 Cal. For Ya, Do Ya Really Want It.., NJ, U.S.A
You Will Never Believe This!! LONG!!
THE OTHER DAY SOMEONE POSTED A THREAD ABOUT HOW FAST COP CARS ARE. I
THINK THAT THIS MAY BE OF SOME RELEVANCE!! WARNING: MAY BE KIND OF LONG,
BUT WELL WORTH THE READ!!!
YESTERDAY MORNING I CAME DOWN MY STAIRS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND I SAW
THIS STRANGE GUY(WE WILL CALL HIM MR. X) STANDING OUTSIDE MY FRONT
DOOR. I DID NOT THINK TOO MUCH OF IT BECAUSE MY ROOM MATE HAS HIS
BUDDIES SLEEP ON THE COUCH A LOT, SO IT WASNT SOMETHING TOO UNUSUAL.
BUT, I THEN NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DOOR WAS LOCKED FROM THE INSIDE, SO
OBVIOUSLY THIS GUY DID NOT LET HIMSELF OUT! HE DID NOT KNOCK ON THE
DOOR, OR RING THE BELL, NOTHING. I THINK LOOKED INTO THE KITCHEN TO SEE IF
ANYONE ELSE WAS HOME, AND WHEN I TURNED AROUND, THE GUY WAS GONE. I
THEN TOOK A LOOK OUTSIDE AGAIN, THEN OPENED THE DOOR TO LOOK FOR HIM.
NOTHING. I THEN SAW A PAPER BAG FULL OF CANNED FOODS SITTING RIGHT IN
FRONT OF THE DOOR. WIERD. SKIP AHEAD TO LATER THAT DAY... (SORRY FOR THIS
LONG PART, BUT IS PART OF THE BIG PICTURE, STAY WITH ME!) SO, I CALL UP MY
ROOMMATE(HE OWNS THE HOUSE, WE'LL CALL HIM #1) AND TELL HIM WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE MORNING, I DESCRIBE THE GUY, AND HE TELLS ME THAT HE
KNOWS THE GUY AND NOT TOO WORRY ABOUT IT. SKIP AHEAD A LITTLE BIT
LATER... SOME FRIENDS AND I ARE SITTING AROUND MY PLACE DRINKING ATC..
WAITING TO GO OUT A LITTLE LATER, AND THERE IS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR. I
LOOK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS AND SEE TWO COPS STANDING
OUTSIDE MY FRONT DOOR, GREAT!! I GO DOWN, OPEN THE DOOR, AND ASK IF
THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG(I THOUGHT MAYBE ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS MAYBE SAID
THE MUSIC WAS TOO LOUD). THEY POINT OVER ABOUT 50 FEET AWAY FROM MY
HOUSE AND THERE IS THE SAME GUY SITTING ON THE CURB HAND CUFFED WITH
ANOTHER COP QUESTIONING HIM!! THEY ASK ME IF I KNOW HIM, I SAID NO, AND
THEN I TOLD THEM THE STORY ABOUT EARLIER IN THE MORNING. THEY SAID TO ME
THAT THIS GUY SAID THAT HE LIVED HERE IN MY PLACE!! AND I WAS LIKE
"BULLSH!T, I DONT KNOW THIS GUY FROM ADAM!!" THIS GUY KEPT SAYING THAT HE
HAD SOME BAGS IN THE HOUSE HE WANTED TO GET, AND THAT HE KNEW MY OTHER
ROOMMATE(WE'LL CALL HIM #2). SO, I GO INSIDE AND AND ASK #2 IF HE HAS
SOME BAGS FOR THIS GUY AND IF HE KNOWS HIM. HE BRINGS DOWN SOME BAGS
THAT HE SAYS BELONG TO MR. X. MR. X IMMEDIATELY SAYS THAT THESE BAGS ARE
NOT HIS AND GETS REAL NERVOUS. THE COPS THEN START SEARCHING THE BAGS,
AND AFTER DIGGING FOR A WHILE, THEY FIND AROUND FIFTY DIFFERENT SETS OF
I.D.'S, CREDIT CARDS, ETC... WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY SOMETHING IS FISHY AND
MR. X IS REALLY NERVOUS NOW, HE IS BEHIND THE COPS BACKS WHISPERING TO
US TO SAY THAT WE KNOW HIM!! SO, THE COPS TAKE THIS GUY AND PUT HIM IN
THE BACK OF THE SQUAD CAR, AND CONTINUE TO ASK US A FEW MORE
QUESTIONS. AS THEY ARE ASKING US QUESTIONS, I LOOK AROUND BEHIND ONE OF
THE COPS AND I SEE THE GUY STANDING UP IN THE BACK UP THE CAR, I THOUGHT
MAYBE HE WAS SCRATCHING HIS *** OR SOMETHING. THE ALL OF THE SUDDEN, HE
DOVE THROUGH THE PLEXIGLASS WINDOW INTO THE FRONT SEAT, AND I YELLED
"HEY!! WHAT THE F*CK IS THAT GUY DOING!!??" ONE OF THE COP TURNS AROUND
AND RUNS OVER TO THE CAR AND DIVES THROUGH THE WINDOW, MR. X STARTS
THE CAR, KNOCKS TO COPS HANDS OUT OF THE WAY AND PUTS THE CAR INTO
GEAR AND FLOORS IT!!! THE CAR PEELS OUT DRAGGING THE COP WITH HIM. THE
COP TEN JUMPED OUT AND THE CAR STARTS SWERVING DOWN THE STREET, AND I
AM THINKING GREAT, MY CAR IS PARKED RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT AND HE IS GOING
TO SMASH MY BIMMER WITH THE BATTERING RAM ON THE FRONT!! NOPE, MR. X
GAINED CONTROL OF THE CAR, WITH HANDCUFFS ON AND SPPEDS OFF!! HE STOLE
THE MOTHER-F*CKING COP CAR!! ONE OF THE COPS THEN JUMPS INTO THE OTHER
CAR AND TAKES OFF AFTER HIM. THE OTHER 2 COPS, MY BUDDYM, AND MYSELF
JUST KIND OF SAT THERE STARING AT EACH OTHER, LIKE "DID THAT JUST
HAPPEN??? HE STOLE THE F*CKING CAR!!! WELL, WE WAITED AROUND FOR A FEW
MINS, AND SOMEONE RADIOED IN AND SAID THEY HAD CAUGHT UP WITH MR. X. AND
THE CAR. SO, THE COPS ASK IF I HAVE A CAR THAT I CAN GIVE THEM A RIDE IN
AND I SAID "SURE, THATS MY BIMMER RIGHT THERE". SO, I AM DRIVING DOWN THE
ROAD WITH TWO COPS IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR!! STRANGE HUH?? SO, WE GO
THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO WHERE MR. X IS SUPPOSED TO BE AND WE TURN
UP THE STREET TO WHERE TWO OTHER COP CARS ARE SITTING. WE PULL UP AND
TALK TO THEM FOR A SECOND, AND WHILE I AM LOOKING IN MY REARVIEW MIRRIR,
MR. X COMES SCREAMING BY IN THE COP CAR DOING ABOUT 110 ON THE STREET
BEHIND US!! THE COPS JUMP BACK IN MY CAR AND ARE LIKE " GO!! GO!! GO!! GET
HIM!!" I WAS IN A HIGH SPEED CHASE NOW, CHASING A GUY WITH TWO COPS IN
THE BACK OF MY CAR, AFTER SOMEONE WHO STOLE A COP CAR!! WE CHASED HIM
FOR ABOUT TWO MINS WHEN HE JUMPED A CURB, JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND
TOOK OFF INTO A CANYON RUNNING. ANOTHER CRUISER SHOW UP WITH A K-9 AND
SETS THE DOG AFTER HIM. MR. X RUNS TO SOME OLD GUYS HOUSE HAS AN 8 FOOT
IRON FENCE AROUND HIS YARD AND HIS YELLING AT HIM TO LET HIM IN THE YARD!!
THE OLD MAN IS JUST LIKE "HELL NO, YOU ARENT COMING IN MY YARD!!" SO, MR. X
RUNS OVER TO ANOTHER YARD AND JUMPS OVER THE FENCE IN ANOTHER OLD GUYS
YARD, MR. OLD GUY RUNS OVER TO HIM (THIS OLD GUY IS AT LEAST 80!!) AND
STARTS DUKING IT OUT WITH MR. X AND BEATS THE **** OUT OF HIM!!! MR. X
GETS UP, RUNS TO THE GUYS HOUSE, BREAKS OUT A WINDOW AND TRYS TO CLIMB
INSIDE. THATS WHEN TIKO, THE POLICE DOG GRABS HIS *** AND MAULS HIS ****
UP!! COPS GRAB HIM, RUFF JIM UP A LITTLE AND BRING HIM BACK TO THE CAR, THIS
TIME CUFFED TO THE SEAT!! WOW!! HOLY SHI!T!! WHAT A NIGHT!!
SO WHATS THE MORAL(S) OF THE STORY??
1. COP CARS ARE FAST. BUT...
2. COP CARS HANDLE FOR **** IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, MY 318I HAD NO
PROBLEM KEEPING UP, AND THESE WERE THE INTERCEPTOR CARS.
3. DONT TRY AND OUT RUN THE COPS. PERIOD. THEY WILL GET YOUR @SS!
4. IF YOU HAVE ROOM MATES, GET A BIG @SS LOCK ON YOUR DOOR SO THAT YOUR
**** DOES NOT COME UP MISSING!
5. I NEED AN ///M3, DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED!!
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD DO? #1 AS PEOPLE OVER
ALL THE TIME THAT I DO NOT KNOW, AND OBVIOUSLY HE IS DEALING WITH SOME
SCUM-BAGS. I AM THINKING OF MOVING OUT OF THIS PLACE BECAUSE I DONT
WANT MR. X COMING BACK AND MESSING WITH MY CAR, OR GETTING IN THE
HOUSE, NEEDLESS TO SAY, I HAD AN INTERSTING NIGHT.
TO TOP IT ALL OFF, WE WENT TO THE CLUB LATER THAT NIGHT, AND WHEN I CAME
OUT TO MY CAR, SOME @SSHOLE HAD MADE TWO NICE 6" LONG SCRATCHES ON
THE BACK OF MY CAR ABOVE THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL.
SO, IF ANYBODY IN THE OCEANSIDE/CARLSBAD/VISTA, CA AREA, HAS A ROOM THEY
WOULD LIKE TO RENT OUT, LET ME KNOW.
FINALLY, DONT RUN FROM THE COPS. YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO HURT YOURSELF, OR
YOU ARE GOING TO KILL SOMEBODIES MOTHER, FATHER, BROTHER OR SISTER. HOW
WOULD YOU LIKE THAT TO BE YOU?
JUST SOMETHING TO GET YOU THINKING. HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY WEEKEND
EVERYONE! .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ........................................
THE OTHER DAY SOMEONE POSTED A THREAD ABOUT HOW FAST COP CARS ARE. I
THINK THAT THIS MAY BE OF SOME RELEVANCE!! WARNING: MAY BE KIND OF LONG,
BUT WELL WORTH THE READ!!!
YESTERDAY MORNING I CAME DOWN MY STAIRS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND I SAW
THIS STRANGE GUY(WE WILL CALL HIM MR. X) STANDING OUTSIDE MY FRONT
DOOR. I DID NOT THINK TOO MUCH OF IT BECAUSE MY ROOM MATE HAS HIS
BUDDIES SLEEP ON THE COUCH A LOT, SO IT WASNT SOMETHING TOO UNUSUAL.
BUT, I THEN NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DOOR WAS LOCKED FROM THE INSIDE, SO
OBVIOUSLY THIS GUY DID NOT LET HIMSELF OUT! HE DID NOT KNOCK ON THE
DOOR, OR RING THE BELL, NOTHING. I THINK LOOKED INTO THE KITCHEN TO SEE IF
ANYONE ELSE WAS HOME, AND WHEN I TURNED AROUND, THE GUY WAS GONE. I
THEN TOOK A LOOK OUTSIDE AGAIN, THEN OPENED THE DOOR TO LOOK FOR HIM.
NOTHING. I THEN SAW A PAPER BAG FULL OF CANNED FOODS SITTING RIGHT IN
FRONT OF THE DOOR. WIERD. SKIP AHEAD TO LATER THAT DAY... (SORRY FOR THIS
LONG PART, BUT IS PART OF THE BIG PICTURE, STAY WITH ME!) SO, I CALL UP MY
ROOMMATE(HE OWNS THE HOUSE, WE'LL CALL HIM #1) AND TELL HIM WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE MORNING, I DESCRIBE THE GUY, AND HE TELLS ME THAT HE
KNOWS THE GUY AND NOT TOO WORRY ABOUT IT. SKIP AHEAD A LITTLE BIT
LATER... SOME FRIENDS AND I ARE SITTING AROUND MY PLACE DRINKING ATC..
WAITING TO GO OUT A LITTLE LATER, AND THERE IS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR. I
LOOK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS AND SEE TWO COPS STANDING
OUTSIDE MY FRONT DOOR, GREAT!! I GO DOWN, OPEN THE DOOR, AND ASK IF
THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG(I THOUGHT MAYBE ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS MAYBE SAID
THE MUSIC WAS TOO LOUD). THEY POINT OVER ABOUT 50 FEET AWAY FROM MY
HOUSE AND THERE IS THE SAME GUY SITTING ON THE CURB HAND CUFFED WITH
ANOTHER COP QUESTIONING HIM!! THEY ASK ME IF I KNOW HIM, I SAID NO, AND
THEN I TOLD THEM THE STORY ABOUT EARLIER IN THE MORNING. THEY SAID TO ME
THAT THIS GUY SAID THAT HE LIVED HERE IN MY PLACE!! AND I WAS LIKE
"BULLSH!T, I DONT KNOW THIS GUY FROM ADAM!!" THIS GUY KEPT SAYING THAT HE
HAD SOME BAGS IN THE HOUSE HE WANTED TO GET, AND THAT HE KNEW MY OTHER
ROOMMATE(WE'LL CALL HIM #2). SO, I GO INSIDE AND AND ASK #2 IF HE HAS
SOME BAGS FOR THIS GUY AND IF HE KNOWS HIM. HE BRINGS DOWN SOME BAGS
THAT HE SAYS BELONG TO MR. X. MR. X IMMEDIATELY SAYS THAT THESE BAGS ARE
NOT HIS AND GETS REAL NERVOUS. THE COPS THEN START SEARCHING THE BAGS,
AND AFTER DIGGING FOR A WHILE, THEY FIND AROUND FIFTY DIFFERENT SETS OF
I.D.'S, CREDIT CARDS, ETC... WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY SOMETHING IS FISHY AND
MR. X IS REALLY NERVOUS NOW, HE IS BEHIND THE COPS BACKS WHISPERING TO
US TO SAY THAT WE KNOW HIM!! SO, THE COPS TAKE THIS GUY AND PUT HIM IN
THE BACK OF THE SQUAD CAR, AND CONTINUE TO ASK US A FEW MORE
QUESTIONS. AS THEY ARE ASKING US QUESTIONS, I LOOK AROUND BEHIND ONE OF
THE COPS AND I SEE THE GUY STANDING UP IN THE BACK UP THE CAR, I THOUGHT
MAYBE HE WAS SCRATCHING HIS *** OR SOMETHING. THE ALL OF THE SUDDEN, HE
DOVE THROUGH THE PLEXIGLASS WINDOW INTO THE FRONT SEAT, AND I YELLED
"HEY!! WHAT THE F*CK IS THAT GUY DOING!!??" ONE OF THE COP TURNS AROUND
AND RUNS OVER TO THE CAR AND DIVES THROUGH THE WINDOW, MR. X STARTS
THE CAR, KNOCKS TO COPS HANDS OUT OF THE WAY AND PUTS THE CAR INTO
GEAR AND FLOORS IT!!! THE CAR PEELS OUT DRAGGING THE COP WITH HIM. THE
COP TEN JUMPED OUT AND THE CAR STARTS SWERVING DOWN THE STREET, AND I
AM THINKING GREAT, MY CAR IS PARKED RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT AND HE IS GOING
TO SMASH MY BIMMER WITH THE BATTERING RAM ON THE FRONT!! NOPE, MR. X
GAINED CONTROL OF THE CAR, WITH HANDCUFFS ON AND SPPEDS OFF!! HE STOLE
THE MOTHER-F*CKING COP CAR!! ONE OF THE COPS THEN JUMPS INTO THE OTHER
CAR AND TAKES OFF AFTER HIM. THE OTHER 2 COPS, MY BUDDYM, AND MYSELF
JUST KIND OF SAT THERE STARING AT EACH OTHER, LIKE "DID THAT JUST
HAPPEN??? HE STOLE THE F*CKING CAR!!! WELL, WE WAITED AROUND FOR A FEW
MINS, AND SOMEONE RADIOED IN AND SAID THEY HAD CAUGHT UP WITH MR. X. AND
THE CAR. SO, THE COPS ASK IF I HAVE A CAR THAT I CAN GIVE THEM A RIDE IN
AND I SAID "SURE, THATS MY BIMMER RIGHT THERE". SO, I AM DRIVING DOWN THE
ROAD WITH TWO COPS IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR!! STRANGE HUH?? SO, WE GO
THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO WHERE MR. X IS SUPPOSED TO BE AND WE TURN
UP THE STREET TO WHERE TWO OTHER COP CARS ARE SITTING. WE PULL UP AND
TALK TO THEM FOR A SECOND, AND WHILE I AM LOOKING IN MY REARVIEW MIRRIR,
MR. X COMES SCREAMING BY IN THE COP CAR DOING ABOUT 110 ON THE STREET
BEHIND US!! THE COPS JUMP BACK IN MY CAR AND ARE LIKE " GO!! GO!! GO!! GET
HIM!!" I WAS IN A HIGH SPEED CHASE NOW, CHASING A GUY WITH TWO COPS IN
THE BACK OF MY CAR, AFTER SOMEONE WHO STOLE A COP CAR!! WE CHASED HIM
FOR ABOUT TWO MINS WHEN HE JUMPED A CURB, JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND
TOOK OFF INTO A CANYON RUNNING. ANOTHER CRUISER SHOW UP WITH A K-9 AND
SETS THE DOG AFTER HIM. MR. X RUNS TO SOME OLD GUYS HOUSE HAS AN 8 FOOT
IRON FENCE AROUND HIS YARD AND HIS YELLING AT HIM TO LET HIM IN THE YARD!!
THE OLD MAN IS JUST LIKE "HELL NO, YOU ARENT COMING IN MY YARD!!" SO, MR. X
RUNS OVER TO ANOTHER YARD AND JUMPS OVER THE FENCE IN ANOTHER OLD GUYS
YARD, MR. OLD GUY RUNS OVER TO HIM (THIS OLD GUY IS AT LEAST 80!!) AND
STARTS DUKING IT OUT WITH MR. X AND BEATS THE **** OUT OF HIM!!! MR. X
GETS UP, RUNS TO THE GUYS HOUSE, BREAKS OUT A WINDOW AND TRYS TO CLIMB
INSIDE. THATS WHEN TIKO, THE POLICE DOG GRABS HIS *** AND MAULS HIS ****
UP!! COPS GRAB HIM, RUFF JIM UP A LITTLE AND BRING HIM BACK TO THE CAR, THIS
TIME CUFFED TO THE SEAT!! WOW!! HOLY SHI!T!! WHAT A NIGHT!!
SO WHATS THE MORAL(S) OF THE STORY??
1. COP CARS ARE FAST. BUT...
2. COP CARS HANDLE FOR **** IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, MY 318I HAD NO
PROBLEM KEEPING UP, AND THESE WERE THE INTERCEPTOR CARS.
3. DONT TRY AND OUT RUN THE COPS. PERIOD. THEY WILL GET YOUR @SS!
4. IF YOU HAVE ROOM MATES, GET A BIG @SS LOCK ON YOUR DOOR SO THAT YOUR
**** DOES NOT COME UP MISSING!
5. I NEED AN ///M3, DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED!!
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD DO? #1 AS PEOPLE OVER
ALL THE TIME THAT I DO NOT KNOW, AND OBVIOUSLY HE IS DEALING WITH SOME
SCUM-BAGS. I AM THINKING OF MOVING OUT OF THIS PLACE BECAUSE I DONT
WANT MR. X COMING BACK AND MESSING WITH MY CAR, OR GETTING IN THE
HOUSE, NEEDLESS TO SAY, I HAD AN INTERSTING NIGHT.
TO TOP IT ALL OFF, WE WENT TO THE CLUB LATER THAT NIGHT, AND WHEN I CAME
OUT TO MY CAR, SOME @SSHOLE HAD MADE TWO NICE 6" LONG SCRATCHES ON
THE BACK OF MY CAR ABOVE THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL WELL.
SO, IF ANYBODY IN THE OCEANSIDE/CARLSBAD/VISTA, CA AREA, HAS A ROOM THEY
WOULD LIKE TO RENT OUT, LET ME KNOW.
FINALLY, DONT RUN FROM THE COPS. YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO HURT YOURSELF, OR
YOU ARE GOING TO KILL SOMEBODIES MOTHER, FATHER, BROTHER OR SISTER. HOW
WOULD YOU LIKE THAT TO BE YOU?
JUST SOMETHING TO GET YOU THINKING. HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY WEEKEND
EVERYONE! .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ........................................
Thanks for the info BUT I wouldn't try to out run, out dip, out manuver a cop anyday. I already have 10 points on my license and don't want anymore
first off,that idiot needs to start using the enter key, not to mention the caps lock button.
second of all, you actually beleieve this? i take it made the news somewhere?
second of all, you actually beleieve this? i take it made the news somewhere?
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thats bullshit, i'm calling it. you think it's in police protocol to use a civilian car in pursuit? riiiiiight
besides, DTMpower and bs stories go hand in hand, i'm suprised there's no japanese trashing in that story...
besides, DTMpower and bs stories go hand in hand, i'm suprised there's no japanese trashing in that story...
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From: Couple SW99 40 Cal. For Ya, Do Ya Really Want It.., NJ, U.S.A
So it is true. The link that is posted a few post above leads you to this:
By Pauline Repard
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
August 10, 2002
OCEANSIDE – A handcuffed prisoner drove off with a patrol car last night after
wriggling into the front seat while the officers' backs were turned.
Police found the car minutes later in an Elevada Street driveway, but it took a while
longer to chase down the thief.
He jumped fences, ran through yards and a canyon as residents dialed 911 to
report his ever-changing locations, said Oceanside police Sgt. Renae Bowman.
Three officers finally corralled him on Samoa Street.
Bowman said the incident began around 7:30 when two officers driving on Via las
Rosas noticed a man standing on the sidewalk with three or four backpacks.
Knowing there had been a number of burglaries in the area, the officers doubled
back and found him still there.
They stopped to talk and learned the 26-year-old man was on parole.
Bowman said the officers handcuffed the man's hands behind his back, put him in
the back seat of their cruiser and began rummaging through the backpacks.
"They found credit cards and checks in different people's names," Bowman said.
"Then they turned to see him squirming into the front seat, through a very small
sliding window. He had managed to bring his hands to the front."
One officer ran to the driver's window and reached in, but pulled back when he was
struck on the arm, Bowman said. The prisoner drove away, managing to elude
officers in a second patrol car.
Officers said the missing car was abandoned in the driveway of a house about a
half-mile away.
About that time, residents began reporting that a man was dashing through their
yards toward Samoa Street, where he was caught shortly before 8 p.m, said Sgt.
Richard Browning.
By Pauline Repard
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
August 10, 2002
OCEANSIDE – A handcuffed prisoner drove off with a patrol car last night after
wriggling into the front seat while the officers' backs were turned.
Police found the car minutes later in an Elevada Street driveway, but it took a while
longer to chase down the thief.
He jumped fences, ran through yards and a canyon as residents dialed 911 to
report his ever-changing locations, said Oceanside police Sgt. Renae Bowman.
Three officers finally corralled him on Samoa Street.
Bowman said the incident began around 7:30 when two officers driving on Via las
Rosas noticed a man standing on the sidewalk with three or four backpacks.
Knowing there had been a number of burglaries in the area, the officers doubled
back and found him still there.
They stopped to talk and learned the 26-year-old man was on parole.
Bowman said the officers handcuffed the man's hands behind his back, put him in
the back seat of their cruiser and began rummaging through the backpacks.
"They found credit cards and checks in different people's names," Bowman said.
"Then they turned to see him squirming into the front seat, through a very small
sliding window. He had managed to bring his hands to the front."
One officer ran to the driver's window and reached in, but pulled back when he was
struck on the arm, Bowman said. The prisoner drove away, managing to elude
officers in a second patrol car.
Officers said the missing car was abandoned in the driveway of a house about a
half-mile away.
About that time, residents began reporting that a man was dashing through their
yards toward Samoa Street, where he was caught shortly before 8 p.m, said Sgt.
Richard Browning.
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