Pickaway – A 13 and 14-year-old are in custody after stealing a car in West Virginia and running away.
According to the Pickaway Sheriff’s department, a Bolo (Be on the Lookout) was sent to Pickaway County from West Virginia on a stolen car that was being tracked by the 14-year-olds ankle monitor, and it was tracking on US-23 Northbound.
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Several units started to get into place to attempt to apprehend the suspect and the 13-year-old girl who was riding with him. West Virginia authorities were able to track the vehicle passing little Walnut on US-23 around 6 pm traveling Northbound in Pickaway County.
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A sheriff unit was able to catch up to the 2009 gold Gold Buick LaCross around the South Bloomfield area where the deputy attempted a stop, but the wanted suspect decided to flee law enforcement. Two units a Commerical Point police officer and another Pickaway sheriff unit were just south of SR-762 waiting to spike the tires of the fleeing vehicle.
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The suspect seeing the spike strip decided to end the chase and stopped the vehicle in the slow lane of US-23 where Law Enforcement was able to take the two juveniles into custody.
the 14-Year old was currently on probation and house arrest for several different charges in West Virginia, but now he will face charges of driving without a license, fleeing and eluding, and possibly reckless operations.
“We are thankful that this ended safely, proper preparation and good execution stopped this from being a possible disaster. I want to thank Commerical Point for help in this situation,” said Sheriff Hafey.
The 13-year-old girl will be returned to her family.