17-year-old leads overnight police pursuit from Mesa to Phoenix

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — A 17-year-old led Mesa and Phoenix law enforcement officials on an early morning pursuit that began in Mesa and led to Phoenix.

Mesa Police responded to experiences of a giant group of vehicles doing donuts on the street close to Nation Membership and Broadway roads late Friday night time. When officers arrived, the vehicles unfold out and sped away. One automobile, a 2010 crimson Corvette pushed by a 17-year-old sped away when officers tried to cease it and sideswiped a police car leaving the world.

Mesa Police Division adopted the automobile in its air unit because it headed towards Phoenix. Phoenix law enforcement officials then took over with their helicopter to trace it. DPS officers laid down spike strips for the automobile, however investigators say they’re uncertain if the strips helped. A short while later, the automobile misplaced two tires, inflicting the teenager to bail out and begin working. He ran right into a home close to fortieth Avenue and Sherman Street in Phoenix, and officers arrested him a short while later.

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