A California man led police on a high-speed chase by way of Los Angeles and Orange County on Friday after stealing a bike however was apprehended after he stopped for gasoline.
The perpetrator, who has not but been recognized, reached speeds of greater than 100 miles per hour on Los Angeles highways, native information station KTTV reported. Images from the scene present him being taken into custody after he stopped to refuel.
The incident is a part of a pattern of auto thefts within the state. Information from the FBI's Crime Reporting Service compiled by Uswitch confirmed California was tied with New Mexico because the second-worst state for automobile thefts, solely behind Colorado. In response to Uswitch's 2021 findings, California had 427.6 automobile thefts for each 100,000 automobile house owners.
Although police initially tried to method the dashing motorbike, they switched to "monitoring mode," with Los Angeles Police Division and California Freeway Patrol (CHP) helicopters retaining tabs on the motorbike from above, KABC reported.
The dashing motorbike wove out and in of Los Angeles morning site visitors, crossing from Los Angeles County to Orange County. Ultimately, the suspect pulled right into a gasoline station within the city of Orange, the place a CHP officer arrested him "with out incident," the report added.
The motive for this theft and different particulars concerning the incident usually are not at the moment recognized. Newsweek reached out to CHP for remark.
In response to a report from ValuePenguin, California is "by far the state with essentially the most motorcar thefts," with greater than 155,000 automobiles stolen in 2018. For comparability, Texas, which had the second-highest variety of stolen automobiles, had over 80,000 fewer automobiles stolen that yr, with its quantity sitting at just below 70,000 thefts.
Inhabitants and automobile possession didn't skew California's numbers, as California has 37 registered automobiles per 100 folks. Vermont, which had the least automobile thefts within the nation, has 34.9 registered automobiles per 100 folks, the report stated.
The information additionally confirmed that California ranked first within the nation for many motorbike thefts particularly, with greater than 7,000 in 2018, in comparison with Florida—the second-highest rating state—which had simply over 4,200 thefts that yr.
Police chases following automobile thefts have additionally been prevalent in California in current months. Newsweek reported earlier this yr that a lady who allegedly stole a celebration bus led police on a chase from San Diego to Los Angeles, which solely concluded after she rear-ended a smaller automobile.
And only a day earlier than Friday's police chase, an engaged couple was killed in California after being struck by a DUI suspect who was main police on a high-speed chase.
Replace 04/08/22, 3:49 p.m. ET: This story was up to date with further data.
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