Police capture suspect after high-speed chase
Police say they've captured an auto break-in suspect who led them on a high-speed chase through the streets of Detroit and Southfield.
KEEP AN EYE ON ALL OF IT BY GOING TO THE WEATHER SECTION OF CLICKONDETROIT.COM. NOW TO THE OTHER BIG STORY THAT HAS EVERYBODY TALKING THIS MORNING. A HIGH-SPEED CHASE THROUGH THE CITY'S OF SOUTHFIELD AND DETROIT. IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON SKY 4. POLICE SAY IT STARTED WHEN THEY SAW THE DRIVER ATTEMPTING TO STEAL SOMETHING OUT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN AN OFFICER APPROACHED HIM THAT'S WHEN THE DRIVER TOOK OFF NEARLY HITTING THE OFFICER. LAUREN PODELL HAS THE LATEST ON HOW THIS ALL WENT DOWN. Reporter: THIS IS WHERE THAT INTENSE HIGH-SPEED CHASE CAME TO AN END AT THE INTERSECTION OF LIVERNOIS AND NORFOLK. THE DRIVER A MAN THAT POLICE HAD BEEN AFTER FOR QUITE SOMETIME. AND THANKS TO THE HELP OF SKY 4, POLICE GOT THEIR MAN. CHOPPER FIRST SPOTTED THIS GRAY TAURUS JUST BEFORE 7:30 THIS MORNING. THE MAN BEHIND THE WHEEL A 39-YEAR-OLD OUT OF DETROIT AND OUT ON PAROLE. FOR NEARLY 20 MINUTES THE SUSPECT BLEW THROUGH RED LIGHTS, LED POLICE THROUGH WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS. AT ONE POINT, SWERVING ONTO THE SIDEWALK TO LOSE POLICE BUT SKY FOUR WAS ON HIM THE WHOLE. I WOULD THEY GOT THEIR CAMERA GOING AND THEY TRACKED IT FOR US. WE HAD LOST IT A COUPLE TIMES A LITTLE BIT THEY WERE ABLE TO MONITOR FOR IT AND KEPT US RIGHT ON THE CAR. Reporter: SOUTHFIELD POLICE CONFIRMED TO LOCAL 4 THE DRIVER HAS BEEN WANTED FOR WEEKS AFTER STEALING DOZENS OF ITEMS OUT OF CARS AND APARTMENTS IN SEVERAL CITIES. AT ONE POINT, IF YOU LOOK PAST THE TREES, THE DRIVER STOPS IN THIS SUBDIVISION, GETS OUT OF THE CAR, RUNNING DOWN THE STREET BEFORE SPEEDING OFF AGAIN. TYPICALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS GETTING RID OF STUFF. WHEN WE DO FINALLY CATCH HIM THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE STUFF WITH THEM. UNFORTUNATELY WE STILL HAVE THINGS IN THE CAR. Reporter: A SQUAD CAR AN UNDERCOVER EVENTUALLY CAUGHT UP AND NAIL THE TAURUS AT THIS INTERSECTION BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO STOP HIM. NEXT THING YOU KNOW ABOUT FIVE, SIX, MAYBE MORE POLICE CARS SURROUNDED THE VEHICLE AND JUMPED OUT. Reporter: BUT NOT BEFORE PINNING THE TAURUS UP AGAINST A BRICK WALL AT LIVERNOIS NEAR 8 MILE. IT NAILED IT HARD. THE BACK OF THE TAURUS JUMPED UP IN THE AIR. AND IT WAS DISABLED. NOWHERE FOR IT TO GO. INCREDIBLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. THE 39-YEAR-OLD IS IN CUSTODY AND POLICE EVEN GIVING SKY 4 THE THUMBS-UP FOR A JOB WELL DONE. REPORTING FROM DETROIT, LAUREN PODELL, LOCAL 4. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE RAW VIDEO OF THIS MORNING'S CHASE AND IT IS FRIGHTENING AS HE'S GOING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AREAS. IT WAS ALL CAUGHT FROM SKY 4.
