Pursuit of stolen U-Haul ends with an interesting love story

What's that northbound line at an intersection just east of Edina? That's exactly what Marla Bob is. This started in the Bell Gardens area about a half hour ago and that's essentially where we are now. Bell Gardens, the leading agency in this search that has reached the bottom. Highway 710 through the communities of Compton and Paramount now on surface streets, just turned left or west from Eastern Avenue onto Bandini and the occupants we believe inside this U-Haul van are unclear and how much gas did it have when this was supposedly

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from a location that we are not sure of at this time, but it is believed that two occupants were inside this transport truck and the truck, at least from what we have seen in the last few minutes and without going too fast, it's not a high speed chase right now and even when he was on the freeway we heard he was going speeds between 60 and 70 miles per hour again in Bell Gardens towards the community of Bell, he will approach the 710 freeway now.

On the Atlantic side, a busy area looks like it's turning left here, perhaps trying to get around all this congestion. This is an industrial area of ​​the watershed here, off Highway 710 in Bandini. You have a stop now because there is traffic. of stop and that's in Bell Gardens a police unit there again they are the lead agency when we say a lead agency Bob and Marla who said that the agency that essentially first started the chase and it looks like they may be taking a ramp or a cut here right off the 710 freeway, at low speed, relative to Li, he's slowing down quite a bit, he's not driving too fast as we follow him heading north now on this main road adjacent to the 710.

I'm guessing two other shop assistants are supposedly a

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vehicle here at low speed but anyway Still dangerous here we are getting reports that throughout this chase again that started in Bell Gardens the person driving when going on and off some sidewalks also went through some intersections illegally , so it's definitely a dangerous situation for the drivers there and there are also reports that it seems that at one point the driver of this u-

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vehicle slowed down to a stop, seemed to be trying to throw something that we still don't know what it may be in this moment, but in and out of this there has been a 10 freeway in a residential area that also causes or represents some danger to people on the land and Rickon says something confidently as he returns to Bell Gardens entering and exiting the 710 with service streets on the freeway, but it still seems like you know this area which is exactly right and we saw that yesterday with a chase that we covered that the suspect in that vehicle was traveling in an area that he knew and ended up at his house and sure enough, the driver of this supposedly stolen U-

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truck stayed in an area that we might be familiar with because Bell Gardens is the lead agency, we believe that is where the alleged carjacking occurred here and he is slowing down a little at each intersection, We have not seen him run any red lights or stop signs. at high speeds, yes, and as you indicated, he has been driving quite dangerously and erratically during the chase here again, this chase made its way down Highway 710 from Bell Gardens to Pear Mountain Compton, which exited Highway 710 and Atlanta, headed east and west on Rosecrans back to the north, where the chase began.

You can see CHP and other officers positioning themselves ahead of where this chase is, several units following, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's helicopter watching every move. up and we say that in every movement they keep track of every vehicle violation crossing now the five freeway here that overpass they are heading towards the East Los Angeles area now Bob and Marla so we can see the black and white as you pointed out several of them, Bell Gardens PD, the lead agency, what are you hearing about CHP? I hear that agency is now getting involved as well, no doubt, and whenever the chase enters the highways, they are informed and will help in any way they can, including stopping traffic. prohibiting traffic from entering and leaving the freeway while the chases head east and west on the freeways or north and south, in this case which was the 710 freeway, stay chasing right here and again it's not a high speed overall 35 45 miles per hour running north up here and to try to give you an exact location here in a moment we'll see a sign here for you, but you had a couple of options to get back to the 710 freeway and to five and is choosing this day on surface streets now approaching the East Los Angeles area.

Well, we can only deduce that maybe this driver doesn't know this area or maybe he knows the people in this area again. At one point it appeared that the driver somehow made a slow speed to stop or pause for a moment and possibly grab something from someone who is on the street, what the police tell us, there are two people inside this transport, so two people, a driver and a passenger, and that the driver may be a woman here and Again we think this could be a stolen transport truck or at least those are the latest reports here, but it seems to be going around at this area near Bell Gardens area near commerce next to the 710 freeway again on and off the freeway from time to time and East Los Angeles heading east and Atlantic just past Goodrich now and you can count the units behind the main unit Bell Gardens because we believe that's where this alleged carjacking occurred, this U-Haul van and as you can see in the ad in 1995 an hour. obviously too expensive if it is true that the occupants of this vehicle left in this car without paying and again from what location it is not clear, it may have been a transport yard or it may have been a different location where this vehicle ended up afterwards Being rented again it's more of a low speed chase, he's driving quite cautiously now, maybe he's communicating with someone.

Right now, we often see that drivers who have cell phones and are talking to fri

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and family may be looking for a quick escape and doing so. They again try to stay in areas they are familiar with, but he or she headed a couple of miles north now from where this chase began in Bell Gardens and continues east now into the Atlantic, away from where five and seven ten mean and it appears that the truck bed is certainly not empty, it appears to be perhaps some luggage, any word on the contents, yes, I am clear on that at this point and again, now those contents may have been from the people who legally rented the vehicle , which is unclear at this time, also eastbound again on Atlantic out of East Los Angeles.

The last big one was Goodridge and he was driving 30 miles an hour, maybe coming to another intersection and he doesn't have a traffic light here or he actually does. but it was green there but she really slowed down and again we heard that he was traveling at a higher speed or she was driving at a high speed on the 710 freeway from Bell Gardens towards Paramount and Compton exiting the freeway at Atlantic the two occupants who they headed east and west on Rose Fri

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and then back north on Garfield back to Bell Gardens and then they took Eastern and now Atlantic and they took Atlantic heading east from East LA and now they are heading to the community of Montebello, so let's talk a little bit more about the strategy here, Rick, because as you say something else, the spike shot, that spike strip just deployed, we think we saw some debris shots from the side at the beginning, I thought they might have been some debris that one of the occupants threw out the window but well that was another thing if they were able to get ahead that is a benefit of the agencies when the chases decreased they can go ahead and maybe throw that away, especially if the people who are being chased they stay on a major road like this like Atlantic for a while, they can get ahead, pull that strip and we hear the right front tire is off, they'll try to get to that side of the road. the vehicle and check it out and maybe that's why we're seeing reduced speeds, we're also getting a better look inside the car.

Here you can see the slightly tinted windows. There's the luggage Marla mentioned and the bed of the truck. Again, it's not clear if those bags belong to the people who allegedly stole the van or the people who rented it legally, it seems like the car has deteriorated a bit, so you think the front wheel on the driver's right side is what that we are listening on the scanner our task desk is tracking this they are also listening to police traffic police scanner traffic from Bell Gardens from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and again the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is helping very okay with a helicopter push in a little bit listen more and see exactly if we can figure it out okay, if we can see well and it looks like the right front tire is practically there, it's right there, you see it, you see yes, the rubber pieces now and you probably have the wheel well there which is almost down at this point Rick so it's just a matter of time yeah we've seen them go believe it or not that's usually the case but we've seen them go on occasion .

The chases were there, they were driving on the rim and sparks were coming out of the tire, we will see how long this one can last and again it is not clear, this chase has now lasted close to 40 minutes and it is not clear how much gas he had in the tank when the two individuals allegedly lifted this truck from the Bell Gardens community and Bell Gardens remains the lead agency on this, which severely damaged the right front tire, you can see in our photo here. U-haul truck supposedly stolen in Bell Gardens and now moving at a very slow pace and probably because that right front tire is disabled and we are listening to a female driver.

She's not alone, two people inside this supposedly stolen u-haul van. they are currently in Montebello Rick, yes, leaving Audibel, oh, now heading south, still in the Auto Bella community, back on highway five and again, even though this car is disabled, they feel like they can handle it better, he doesn't will be. capable, it will no longer be able to go 8090 miles per hour on streets or highways, you just don't know who you are dealing with and that is the situation these officers have to constantly deal with, anyone who is brazen to steal anything including a vehicle here down, they may be armed and they may be very dangerous, they could be criminals and that's not clear at this point, but they don't know what they're dealing with, so they have to play.

Do this cautiously and you can see all the units following a suspicious female driver and a male occupant passenger into the cab of this supposedly stolen van and this big bust was almost going to turn left in front of him, but he thought otherwise . an industrial area here making a trip south back to highway five we will try to get you a better location here leaving Montebello towards five now Bob had mentioned Regi obviously the spike strip worked to some extent by rendering the road a little useless truck. At this point, what is the best strategy?

Well, now that the vehicle is moving at such a slow speed and is on surface streets, if they find a surface street where the volume is relatively light, they can try to do a PIT maneuver. That would be very easy at this point, especially with a truck like this, to just hit the back if it turns and make you know it's disabled even more and make it face the wrong direction and then the officers can approach, but again, that it is dangerous. Every move is dangerous here because you just don't know who you're dealing with, the suspects down there, if they're armed, how dangerous they are and if they're willing to run from the police, you know they're willing to do that.

There are also much more serious crimes, so this is a situation right here, you can see the open volume, there is not much foot traffic here, this is an industrial area, we don't see any schools nearby if they can do it. make that maneuver in the pits, this might be a place where they can do it. They've had a lot of success with that spike strip, deploying it on a surface street and disabling the right front tire and coming out it's only a matter of time before we see some sparks here. Coming from the edge of that disabled u-haul now on the front right side, you know that the tire has now been burst by a spike strip here and many police units are chasing this and continuing at a very slow pace. rhythm here so you know because there is no immediate danger to thecars around, it seems like the strategy here for police officers is to stay back and wait to see how this all plays out, we're hitting 11:45 right now. and we want to let you know that this is an early edition of Fox 11 News at noon as we continue to follow this police chase that began in the city of Bell Gardens about an hour ago, two people inside what is believed to be a van u- stolen haul, a female driver and a passenger have been through several different towns off of Highway 710 and now the driver of this disabled u-haul van continues to lead police in this and is now heading north on Telegraph by the Commerce.

The casino is close to the e-commerce outlets, we all know this neighborhood adjacent to highway five very well. He doesn't have electricity now because there is a lot of congestion. She is trying to make her way through this telegraph interchange parallel to Downtown to Interstate 5 on the east side. In fact, many people take the freeway as an alternative to the busy Golden State Highway, so they head north on the 5, right on the border of Pico. Rivera and Downey head north toward commerce here, so you could see very slow speeds again, probably because that tire was disabled, since she had the opportunity to get on the 5 there, she decided not to, but continues north on the five here, heading to the business here.

Heading back towards East LA on the 710, let's see if that other front tire is disabled. It doesn't appear to be right now, but it's just that right front tire that's almost up to the edge of the other three tires. It appears to be intact at this time, the window is partially down, you know what is going through the minds of the female driver and male occupant suspects, that is not clear at this time, but they run because they can, they don't want to go. prison and feel that there is a possibility that they can escape. Statistics show that about 18% do so, but many of them may escape because LAPD will withdraw due to the danger to the public that will expand here. here are the outlets going up the citadel, here the big arch and the Christmas tree are still there as we leave the Christmas season, we return to Telegraph Road down here, here in the trade, this quest moves at a much faster pace slower than it was. before due to the fact that that right front tire was disabled by that strip of spikes, it's

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to me that at this point, even at this speed, because you know you already know that you have a blown tire that the officials don't decide at some point here, when you have an open and clear road, to do some kind of pit maneuver.

It's a larger vehicle here so that might pose a bit of a challenge too, yeah no doubt they could get one of their SUVs here and they just touch one of the rear ants on the bed of the truck and spin it around . We've seen those pit maneuvers, but it's definitely a heavier vehicle, not a lightweight compact car that would easily turn in the case. of a successful PIT maneuver, we'll widen out a little bit and see what it's going to do here, still traveling north on Telegraph Road next to the Citadel the Commerce Casino, there are options to return to Highway Five.

I think he's choosing not to at least right now. that the car is so damaged that you can see people leaving the parking lot, they are checking it, there is a Los Angeles County fire paramedic parked on the right shoulder and we are seeing police units again now that this chase is moving at such speed. slower speed Bob and bike that really gives the officers an advantage because they can position themselves further forward they can plan accordingly they are not dealing with a dramatic high speed chase an erratic driver right now because this vehicle is simply disabled It looks like it's going to turn heading east here and now we'll get a better look at the right front tire and how bad the city is, although that's what I'm talking about, keep going, you think sometimes they're up.

It's going to be done but it's not the case, you can see some sparks, a little smoke flying up, but only one tire is disabled at the moment and she continues on her merry way in this 1995 one hour transport truck supposedly stolen from the community. from Bell Gardens well in Bell Gardens before we were seeing that this was much more of an industrial area, it seems that it is more of a business area where our houses are currently located, not close, not close, this is an industrial, in fact, there is a FedEx facility just below here she's heading east and at this point I think she's just doing everything she can.

I'm staying away from getting arrested and evading the police right now, but this is moving at a snail's pace. now compared to us in speeds, we heard before that more people come to watch the video of the scene, what is happening, which is not a good idea, again, you just don't know what you are dealing with, we have seen dramatic situations like this . in the past, Bob and Marla, where the suspect said that knowing his car had been disabled, they jumped out and then attempted to hijack another vehicle and added the meaning that they were armed or used blunt objects to grab the driver of another. vehicle so they can continue the chase in a car that has four good tires and maybe a full tank of gas, not seeing that at this moment she is simply heading east now leaving the business now back toward Montebello now turning left left or turn north on a surface street so it will be

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that you will run out of options here and in these neighborhoods there are a lot of dead ends and a dead end in a situation like this would probably mean a dead end on the chase, plus this vehicle is so disabled that maneuverability has also been somewhat compromised.

You can see now that there is some sort of mixed area under a couple of apartment buildings mixed with some industrial and commercial facilities. Also heading north on this surface street you can see some people checking again moving maybe 15 miles per hour. This is a small surface road heading north entering Montebello at 15 miles per hour. Definitely a very, very slow pace here. I mean, if there can be any kind of positive side to this chase, we can say that here it is at a slower speed, so it poses less danger to people on the road, but I certainly want to say that, as you know, It's not even slowing down at any stops at intersections and again reports that this chase had also reached the sidewalks, so definitely when you have this large caravan of police officers following this suspected stolen transport, it's certainly a danger to people on the roads again, stay away.

From this, if you see this or it comes to you here, but again, we can at least draw some conclusions here that it's at least a little bit safer than some of the other activities that we've seen when they've been at a speed really high when I have been much more unpredictable than this, that's right, the Olympic was approaching, which was an important, in which she was with its male occupant heading east, an hour straight back to a residential area where people comes to check this. We have publicized these activities a lot in the media and people like to see them up close if they pass through their neighborhood.

Well, she actually ran that stop sign without stopping, so that's another violation. so she can be ticketed if the officers decide to do so, but she's dealing with not yielding, essentially running from the police, the law, she's facing a bunch of charges, including the alleged theft of that transportation, so we're mentioning the driver, but Rick is her. not just a male passenger supposedly inside with her, yes that's exactly right, we have been saying two occupants are a female driver, a male passenger, that's what we're hearing right now and again this transport truck is supposedly riding around with the stolen in the community.

Bell Gardens was even able to turn left, but look, she leaves them marked behind that little scratch in the asphalt, that's because she's up to her tires. Children on their bikes not all schools are back in session. There's a bit of a dangerous situation right there. Do it. fast right under Whittier Boulevard there and you could see a person in a wheelchair, they are restrained in a wheelchair, they are crossing the intersection and some construction coming up on this stretch of road has been reduced to just one lane in every direction here. However, heading east is her direction at this point back towards the area east of Monterey Park Montebello, now here in Southern California, and she said there are several options to get back on the freeway since we picked up this chase and she chose Stay on surface streets.

Again, I think a lot of that now is because the right front tire is so disabled to the rim on this U-Haul van. Sorry, Marla, this may not surprise you, Rick, but there are some reports here. Based on the scanner, they believe that this driver may actually be driving under the influence, she may be under the influence of some type of substance, so it's no surprise that you know that she may be acting very irrationally, erotically, not and no, and how to stop by the police and when they stop as we have seen so many times that does not necessarily mean that the situation comes to an end the chase can stop the vehicle can stop it many times the suspect our suspects choose not to leave they choose It does not have It has to do with the officers telling them to do it and then there is a barricade situation inside the vehicle and we'll see what happens here, but whenever it's someone who is supposedly under the influence, you can see all those sheriff's deputies of Los Angeles County.

Downstairs they are helping, the CHP was helping, in addition to the lead agency, the Vel Gardens Police Department is now heading back, the sign says returning to Montebello, so LA County has an aircraft in operation to Keep track of this let's talk strategy. Again, since this has been going on for almost an hour, now at 15 miles per hour, it looks like they might put a stop to this. Do you think so? And again, every agency is different and the lead agency is the agency that runs the program, so they may have a different policy than the LAPD or the Torrance Police Department, they just don't know exactly how they're going to deal with this, you may know, as we're finding out a little bit more information about the suspect or suspects and they're handling the situation. situation accordingly from us above and from you below looking at the photos, you would think it would be an easy end, just wait for the road to open, try a little maneuver in the pits, turn them around, get them out of the vehicle and take them into custody.

It's not that easy because in certain situations you just don't know what you're dealing with, they may know the person, they may know they are convicted felons, they may know they've had gun situations before and if that's the case they'll To handle it a little differently, there is tremendous police involvement in this chase, which is certain from our point of view in the Los Angeles County sheriff's helicopter flying over the Bell Gardens police, below, they are the agency leader and again we have the CHP. down and other agencies, just as the

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reaches different communities, if those communities have their own Police Department, they will also get involved and all of that is coordinated through a dispatch center that they were hearing that they were in a specific location. frequency so everyone can communicate everyone is on the same page how they handled the situation down below and we saw we saw it coming we saw another truck coming and let's see if that car's turn is still on that's Wow amazing through the red light I crashed with that truck now driving against traffic here, let's continue following this vehicle, the supposedly stolen transport truck and to the Rhema that RIM is not even turning now Sparky, that maneuverability is going to be a real challenge well, why not a bit?

Because you know this could be a situation crossing California Street while the Walgreens down here in Montebello and now another intersection as well. Wow, from the arcs and sparks, no, from no edge that is now moving and now is. just dragging that one wheel location here in Montebello is where this happened Rick, that's exactly Montebello. I just entered the Montebello community a few blocks before that collision on Whittier Boulevard heading into the Whittier community again those tires don't even move and go. a scratch in the asphalt behind the Anabel Gardens police, the unit below is maintaining asafe distance.

You can see that the officers are positioned right there ahead to prevent an accident from happening and they are able to do so because, like I said, they have the upper hand and that the chase has slowed down considerably because that vehicle is first disabled by the successful use of the spike strip. and second for that collision. Hopefully the driver and occupants inside that truck are okay, unfortunately the value of the Hall truck was It was not going 7080 miles per hour at the time and was going more like 15 or 20 miles per hour, needless to say it still It could cause some damage and injuries to the occupants of that other vehicle, which is another thing than the tire simply squeaking.

We're heading east on Whittier Boulevard, but she's still here, she's got decided evidence, and this is a situation. Could you see the sparks? You have to worry about a spark igniting the gas tank. I mean, it's good, this could turn into something much more serious at least. for the female driver and the male occupant of this vehicle, of course, that is the furthest thing from her mind, she is not, she is not thinking, no, logically, absolutely, it is not possible that she is under the influence, as you have heard again now , a lot of scanner traffic on the individual that the suspect just gliding east here on Whittier Boulevard coming out of Montebello heading towards Whittier on this lobster a little bit, you can see the passenger there, there's a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Heller after of circling overhead and there isn't much traffic ahead at this point at 15 miles per hour. at best, people are coming out of these mini malls here along with their boulevard here, these palm trees lining the streets, this is a small town countryside, this Montebello community and people are seeing this in the community from their hometown, well let's hope they can see the future at those intersections where there are police, so another yes, some yes, some no, so they are there trying to get ahead, but again they have to position themselves in case they run towards the north or the south, but this time especially without fear. right front wheel in which you know the condition in which it may not be very easy to turn from left to right now that it is coming straight up, it might be the easiest way, okay, we will try to go around this tree as best we can.

It looks like we're going to miss a stop here on Whittier Boulevard coming out of Montebello towards Whittier and it looks like the doors, both doors are still closed right now, we can see the windows are stopping, hey Rick, very, very quickly, we want say this is your I'm watching Fox 11 News at noon this police chase that seems to have stopped here for the most part devours a boat believed to be a stolen transport now one tire is completely blown out you've been driving on the rim We've seen at least one accident here in the city of Montebello, a low speed chase, a female driver believed to be possibly under the influence and the passenger believed to be a male driver.

We're following this as far as a stop here for the first time and he's going through his backpack, he's gathering his belongings, but right now you can hear the police, they have bull horns on the side of the interior, those cobia calls and Did you hear him before he raised his hands or at least but he is raising his hand because they are telling him hands where we can see them hands where we can see them open the door visible hands at all times they are going to give you strict orders now you have to worry about this traffic because traffic here, I mean people, you have officers with their guns drawn, people coming out of this car dealership to see the scene below, you don't want to get caught in any crossfire and again when you don't, when you're not giving. up there, you're making the situation even worse, the female driver and the male occupant in the passenger seat, down here, it looks like he's got it, it looks like he's got his arm up four times, but now he's taking a drink of water, maybe yes, all this.

It started in Bell Gardens, yes, it's true, because supposedly at least the driver is under the influence of a female driver who is going for the contents and inside her backpack it seems that she has her hand everywhere and this seems like that, so users are telling them clearly. you're clearly telling them what to do Whittier Boulevard at East Third Street is the location here right next to some kind of car dealership and then there's a lot of people near the car dealership and a lot of movement inside this car, the guy taking shots of water or liquid or something and Rick, what's the protocol here? this live on television because we don't know how they will respond to the officers.

You're absolutely right because then you see we have a great view of the passenger, the male passenger, and he's fidgeting grabbing it, you know, a hundred on the floor. It looks like he has a backpack or some type of bag that he's been putting in and out of and the officers that's not what they want to see in a situation like this, hands up, we want to see what you're doing, we

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you. to open the vehicle door and we want you to come back to us with your hands up and listen and obey us, otherwise this could end badly, it could end in an officer-involved shooting, unfortunately, we have seen situations .

So, each and every situation I've covered where the suspect or suspects are given specific orders to surrender and they don't, these two individuals have been given strict orders at this point about what to do and they're not listening. . to the officers and when that happens that opens the door for something to happen, well who knows what these men and women are doing with each other inside, they are definitely not complying with the orders of the police officers inside, maybe we could stop some of the video from earlier in the chase where we saw that traffic accident because there was at least one almost basically cross traffic collision at the intersection on Whittier Boulevard, so even though it was a low speed chase, it was still very dangerous there and we can only hope that the person involved in the accident and who did not see the truck coming is okay, but now the officers have their guns pointed here and there, no doubt using their megaphones, they are trying to talk to the people who They are inside telling them to come out.

A peaceful female driver and another male passenger inside and are not complying with police orders. They don't and they have been ordered around many times. You can see official ones even at the dealership. There they will move the camera a little to the right. If they've pushed that crowd back, you wouldn't actually be able to see individuals, the workers at the Chevy dealership here on Whittier Boulevard backed up a little bit, but the officers were right next to them in the front of those vehicles in front of those Chevys with those weapons in your hand. just to the right in front of that cab there again a female driver a passenger here possibly under the influence at least the driver that's what we heard this transport truck supposedly stolen from Bell Gardens this chase headed south on the 710 to Compton toward Paramount, then back north on Eastern Avenue, back to Highway 710, then through Montebello and now heading east on Whittier Boulevard and that's where this chase, at least the vehicle chase part, has come to at its end, not a code 4 situation, two suspects are still outstanding, they are not doing what they were told at this time, they have been given strict orders several times and they choose not to exit the vehicle they are staying in. inside the cab of that U-Haul truck and at this point we don't know if she decided to stop or just because the truck just gave up, it could be either way at this point they may have just decided to do it.

Put an end to it because look at that look, that RIM right there, I mean, he's down, there's no tougher dog exactly anymore, it's amazing he's been able to last that long and look, he's still inside that duffel bag the officers have. expect the worst beer, the worst, there could be a gun there, what is he doing? Okay, well, he threw that away. Well, there go the bags and backpacks, so maybe they look like something else. It seems like something small is ruling out some things. It also appears that they are emptying the inside of this stolen Newhall for them to exit and if they exit and the officers see that they are holding something, they will tell the suspects to discard it.

Whatever they're holding this is a little unusual and they're going through all his other belongings here and what is he doing? What was it? You have to clean it for something and then throw it in there. I mean all this. It's going to be evidence, I mean, this is where this will probably end. I mean, there's really no way that at 3rd and Whittier in the city of Montebello, where this police chase has come to an end, we're a stolen suspected transport truck and Now it's almost like we're seeing some kind of standoff here because These two individuals refuse to leave.

There were reports on the scanners. Rick that the two were getting a little

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y-dovey in the vehicle when he pulled up to a Stop Here, so there's a lot of activity in here too. Great, it should be a while before any of that happens again. Clearly, if we are going to beat that many and as many of us know, if he is a little under the influence. I had a couple of drinks, we don't know how many these individuals supposedly had. You did not always act in your right mind. Some of us and these individuals are obviously not doing what they were told.

They fled from the police. they ran because they thought they could escape, they supposedly stole the vehicle in the first place, they needed a vehicle of this caliber in the first place, maybe it was just a convenience car they saw in their neighborhood and again it is not clear if it was stolen from a car facility u-haul or actually from its well-known residents, maybe someone was moving something from point A to point B and it was stolen at that location, but we don't know at this time. We saw at least one accident. We heard some very erratic driving early.

I continued the chase through the Bell Gardens area to Compton, driving on the sidewalks and then the car became disabled and once it was disabled the speeds were actually reduced to 15-20 miles per hour and there you could see the BG officers, who were excellent. Bell Gardens continue to lead this and have their guns trained on the back of this transport truck and have instructed the driver and passenger to get out now. I am surprised that employees and perhaps visitors to the Chevrolet business are still allowed to be so close at this time that it is only a matter of time before the police begin to cordon off if this continues for any period of time before that that area be cordoned off and They support the people here because, like you said, you know it was a slow speed chase, but it is still not known, especially if these people are under the influence, you know, and who even know if they are Armed or not, you know this could be. it's a very different situation so you really put yourself at risk here and we brought up how agencies handle this differently and I've seen some agencies would have ended up, would have landed right in the cab of this van and would have thrown those occupants out BAM done that has happened several times there are certain agencies that make others sit and wait it just depends on the law enforcement agency leading the chase and the suspect or suspects they are dealing with and what they potentially know about what they have because they may know very well these two are armed, you are absolutely right and that is why we may be seeing the situation below where they are just not giving up, you know they throw, they throw the bags, but that doesn't mean that what was in that bag is not there on the floor of that transport truck and that is what they have to assume when they began to throw away the contents that were there. giving us hope that they were going to get out of the vehicle, but that hasn't happened yet, it's definitely not erratic here, it's definitely unique here, this transport truck is being chased through a handful of towns here, across the basin , generally along Highway 710, primarily through the Bell Gardens area. the area where this chase began, but now it has reached its farthest eastern point, which is on the east side of Montebello, near Whittier, here on Whittier Boulevard, near the Chevy dealership right across the street, well, You know, just saying.

Apparently it would only be a matter of time before the police know that at this point they apparently had to have time on their side, although it is quite possible that the driver could start driving again and travel on that RIM, but without a doubt, in this area you would think that the police would start locking them in and start closing some of these intersections here just to make sure that they have limited space to try to escape if that's what they decide to do. To be strategizing on how to absolutely handle this, I mean thatThey are communicating that the captain is alerting the officers and how are they going to deal with this if they are just going to wait at this point and we have seen situations like this. that continue for hours, we have seen highways closed for hours at the end of chases, whether it is a vehicle, the chase portion stops, but the individual or individuals inside the vehicle simply do not give up, they remain within the car and they think they're armed and traffic is stopped and I'm going to try to get a little more information right now because we're hearing something from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's helicopter, so hold on to that, okay, okay, let's go. just restart the scene here if you're just joining us now this is what looks like the end of this.

Oh, it's over now, but what a chase a stolen truck, a freight transport, a rented freight transport, two people inside a The driver and a passenger started in the city of Bell Gardens and took the 710 freeway through several different cities. It was a low speed chase. Finally, the police used a spike strip and if you look at the front passenger's right tire you will see the accident. That happened about 20 minutes ago, shortly before the truck stopped, even though it was going at a slow speed, since the chase on 3rd in Montebello, this was actually on Whittier Boulevard, excuse me running a red light, that happened yeah a collision with another truck well finally that's kind of like the wheel got stuck there and the right front tire was rolling on its win and then on the rim and then it stopped here at Whittier and East Third Street, go ahead Rick and we just received the information. directly from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's helicopter, they at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Bell Gardens Police Department are in contact with the sister of the driver of this allegedly stolen U-Haul van, they are communicating with her and alerting the officers. and the sheriff's deputy that both she, the driver and the male occupant, suffer from mental illness and are possibly under the influence of alcohol at this time, which is why they were acting so erratically and why the positions we are seeing now with the officers and why they are waiting and we also hear now that they are in pain, that's right, they will bring the Bearcat, that big armored vehicle that we see so often in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the SWAT team will be down here and they They're going to also use that vehicle to bring this to a safe conclusion, so a little more information now makes more sense in terms of what we're seeing.

At the same time, what's really paramount here is the safety or the public there, so we see a lot of people around and even with someone who has a mental illness or is under substance abuse, you know these could definitely be dangerous individuals. , so the police here are certainly taking their time here, they are trying to communicate, maybe they have talked to the people inside many times, they are trying to get them to come out, obviously that hasn't happened yet, but they have They have to handle this with the same finesse as they do in a It's a methodical, step-by-step way of making sure that the people who are outside are safe, to make sure that the officers are also safe and, hopefully, this comes to an end. a peaceful conclusion, but now it's almost like we have a confrontational situation, yes, and it could be a long-term one, this could be a very long-term one, guys on Whittier Boulevard, obviously, with their Boulevard completely closed, you can use Beverly as an alternative to both sides heading east and west entering and leaving Whittier on an Adam Audibel.

Oh, I'll be closed for a while while they deal with this situation, so I hope it comes to a peaceful end. The male and female driver and male occupant will exit the vehicle with their hands up and this will come to a peaceful end. final, but in this situation we are going to be in a stalemate in a long-term confrontation, possibly okay, so they are calling a Bearcat here, so we talked before about what could be part of the strategy now that it has stopped. So there's going to be some sort of standoff situation and the Bearcat is obviously a heavily armed vehicle and you can protect the people inside, but normally, as we've seen used before, they would really box this vehicle in, so they wouldn't.

There is a way for them to do it. they actually move and get out so time is really on their side and they can wait because at some point the people who don't have food or water in them are going to have to try to figure out what their next move is going to be and eventually they're going to have to do it and they're pushing the people at a safer distance. Here we're seeing officers backing people up a half block or so and if they can bring in a crisis negotiator, it's a good thing there's time.

They now have time on their side, we have seen it in the past as well to try to get these two individuals to surrender safely and bring this to a peaceful conclusion, but this again could be a long term situation. Elliot County Sheriff helicopter circling overhead and this is a situation, and this has been very controversial: we saw one of the first drones deployed by a law enforcement agency that was the voice of every police department about ending a chase that turned into a situation like this where the driver just didn't want to give up, his car was disabled, he went off the road and he still didn't want to give up and they brought the drone in and placed it right against the windshield. of that vehicle and we were able to inspect the vehicle enough that they felt like they could go in and grab that guy and not have to worry about him having a gun at that moment and opening fire, well, there's a K-9. unit there now too, so this would be a situation where a drone would be useful.

The question is: is there a cell phone inside? Do they have a cell phone because I imagine the police would like the sister to talk to her on the phone? to try to convince her to listen to the police and obey her people outside the vehicle. I'm sure if there is communication available inside the cabin of that u-haul, I'm sure they've already tried it because every time you meet a suspect who has led the police on chases like this, you sometimes hear a relative, the spouse, a mother, a father, speaking common sense to them sometimes helps bring situations like this to a peaceful conclusion, so if that's the case and there's a cell phone inside.

This vehicle, I'm sure has been discussed, if it hasn't already happened at this point. By the way, it's kind of ironic that this is a GMC Chevy Silverado that we're looking at here and it's so happy that the Chevy Montebello dealership is right in front of it. This way, it's not for sale, no, yes, and you see, these 1995 rentals are so popular and, again, it's unclear where this vehicle was supposedly stolen from. We know it was in Bell Gardens in the Bell Gardens community, that's why Bell Gardens is a clue. agency and you see police units right up against the back of this van, but whether or not it was stolen just from a residential commercial area or a u-haul facility, we just don't know at this point, all we know. now it's from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, we definitely know that there is a female driver, a male occupant of both, possibly with some type of mental illness and both possibly under the influence and communication has been made with the driver's sister, That's all we know.

Bearcat, an armored vehicle on the way, a special weapons team on the way here to deal with this, box that vehicle in, maybe engage it as well and hopefully force these two out, but force them out in a way. peaceful and repeat it, Rick. that you had heard that the passenger or someone at least someone inside had been in communication with her own sister, so she had some type of communication with them to have a cell phone within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Yes, the Sheriff's Department was. In speaking with the driver's sister, it is not clear if there was any communication between any of the occupants, the female driver, the male occupant and anyone outside, that is not clear at this time, but we do know that it is obvious that the sister of the driver of this vehicle knew that this car was stolen because you cannot automatically assume that her brothers were driving this vehicle, unless she was able to get close enough to an image that the media determines, so she knew that This vehicle was allegedly stolen by his sister and later given to her. information to the Bell Gardens Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department so here we are waiting for the Bearcat meanwhile they took out the canines yeah just as a precaution right now and again they are there they are taking their Now that they are dealing with this in such a way that they know a little bit more about the occupants and that's what we said before, every situation is handled differently, we see agencies handle things differently and regardless of whether they know who they are.

When dealing with agencies, sometimes they act with more force, they just go after it, they have already endangered these people, they have already endangered the public and they want to put an end to this and put these suspects in custody and we have seen A We've often seen situations like this where they know a little more information about people and they'll handle it more cautiously and that's what we have here in front of the Chevy dealership in bada Bello here on Whittier Boulevard. The eastbound and westbound boulevard was completely closed here, so I'm counting nine police cars.

More vehicles have appeared on the scene since this stopped here, yes, it seems like it and we just received a little more information about the paroled passenger. for stealing another vehicle so there you have it we know a little bit more obviously I'm a criminal and you know I stole another vehicle here or I was an accomplice to a major auto theft here in the Montebello community okay well the police is really doing everything for the reserve here step by step, the speed of this chase really led them to take a different tact and that would be to just back off a little bit and let this chase play out, but we saw this chase go down the 710 freeway in several different cities finally ended up here in Montebello and we were saying the whole time that just because it was a slow chase didn't mean it wasn't a dangerous chase and then we certainly saw what happened there when the driver of this vehicle, a female driver of a u- stolen haul and you see it here as you go through an intersection, actually right now after you had a collision on Whittier Boulevard you see that the right front tire after going over some spike strips was completely out and then on its edge and completely seized up to the point where you already know too much to shave the edge, damn edge, it was down to three-quarters of the edge before it finally stopped on Whittier Boulevard and in third place right in front of a car dealership, so that there was some erratic behavior on the part of the driver, but now we know and here's the collision here again that just hit the stolen SUV, but the driver kept going and now we're getting a little bit better picture of the people. inside a female passenger and I'm sorry, a female driver and a male passenger, we both believe that through the calls from the driver's sister, they are mentally separated from some type of mental illness and are possibly under the influence of something that could explain something . of their erratic behavior here, but we have seen them moving around inside, reports that maybe they were kissing at some point during this, now there appears to be a confrontation and they threw some items that were inside the vehicle outside, but the police now have time to its power. side and now we're just waiting for the Bearcat to arrive because we're really looking at a standoff situation here for longer and the longer they don't abandon again the mentality of some of these some of these individuals what we do now I know the passenger is on parole for car theft, for which he will return to jail.

He will return to prison on parole. You have to comply with very strict rules and one of which is not to repeat your crime and certainly. He has been complicit in that, so he will go back to prison. She has racked up a number of violations, including the alleged theft of this vehicle, so they are both waiting and again we have heard that they are both possibly suffering from some form of mental illness. and they may be under the influence too, all of that comes into play here and they are choosing to just stay inside that taxi and no handcuffs at this point, so this chase started over an hour ago, here we are over 60 minutes later.

And if you know, you have to wonder how long this is going to last, he kept saying.here comes the armored car so I and it's a very good question Marla and Bob in the sense that you know you see a situation like this and then you assume it's going to be a long term fight and then for some reason the People just open the door and turn themselves in, yeah, or they run down the street at 80 or 90 miles an hour making wide turns and all of a sudden, they come up to the sidewalk and open the door with their hands up and They say, "I give up." We have seen that many different situations and activities are increasing and we will not cover more of them. more of them, yes we are covering more of them because there are more of them, we definitely saw an increase last year as about 20% increased year over year, at least with LAPD, other agencies saw an increase and officers in around this, they have turned back the general public, including employees and visitors to the Chevrolet Montebello chevre here on the corner of Whittier and thirdly now is that Bearcat is turning exactly, it will head south and then it will will approach the vehicle from the east side and is coming down the street right now, two blocks away, heading north, towards Whittier Boulevard, here it will enter the scene shortly and again, sometimes it is also an intimidating factor for suspects when they see a vehicle like that parked on the right. in front of their car with you know, guns in their hands, they're not going anywhere, you know they could, they could do it as long as they wanted, but there will come a point where they'll get hungry, they'll get tired, they might need to go to the bathroom. and they just say enough of this and and that's a situation that we've seen many times, so anything they can do to try to create an intimidation factor to create a safe haven for the public, a perimeter if you will. the situation below if it is necessary to bring in crisis negotiators to dissuade them from bringing a family member if they have not already done so if there is any type of communication if there is a cell phone in use inside that u-haul truck allegedly stolen in Bell Gardens and a family member because we know from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's helicopter flying overhead that communication was made between the sister of the alleged stolen vehicle, we suspect that downstairs and that communication essentially gave them more information, not because we are not There, it seems like a very calm scene, but we have to remember that the weapons are in hand.

There's still a lot of tension down there. That's exactly it. Again you don't know what you're dealing with and you know mental illnesses are such. a serious situation and when someone is engaged and they're not in the right frame of mind and if you mix it up, you know there's alcohol or drugs, which may be the case, we don't know that a lot of this comes second hand and you're dealing with even more erratic individuals who may still be armed. I mean, you have an individual on parole who has already stolen at least one vehicle in the past and by doing so you know that you may need a weapon, so it is very possible that he could be armed and what is the Bearcat's strategy? what do you bring that in is going to come around the corner face him head on face him head on again intimidating the driver and passenger of the vehicle's guns were drawn essentially creating more perimeter officers behind the officers in the front and making sure that that vehicle don't think it's disabled, but who knows, it might still have a little bit of thrust, so anything to stop the thing in place keep it there and keep it safe and set a line around it to keep the public safe and keep those two suspects in that containment area and then just wait for him to come out and part of that is bringing in an armored vehicle, how?

That Bearcat, that armored vehicle, moves quickly. I mean, they're, they're, they're pretty fast. We're going to try to see where it actually ended up going up the street, which is why I'm asking because it looks like it's been taken, yeah, thrown overboard here and honey, you know, maybe the crew still needs to be on board, the officers, specially trained officers need a little more information to tell how they are doing. They're going to handle it, they can't just drive around and set up the business the way they feel they want. I mean, they are informing them, maybe they didn't give them enough information along the way, so they stopped to the side. here and they're waiting for further instructions so they're just a block away from the van below and they're moving now so we'll see what happens here.

Some of them may have been traffic, but he's being guided, that's him, that's a police or SWAT vehicle, as well as that SUV that's in front of the armored vehicle, okay, so this is just a matter of time before that we see the Bearcat really come into the picture by getting very close to this vehicle. that hasn't moved for the better part of over half an hour, now maybe 45 minutes or so when this allegedly stolen transport truck pulled up, but the Bearcat no doubt just put that vehicle away so there really was very little space. for the vehicle to move forward at this point, we think, I mean, there's no reason to believe that you know no, they can't really take off here, so it'll be interesting to see what they might do once.

Here you see the Bearcat, but the problem doesn't seem to be whether the vehicle is going to take off or not, but rather getting those two out, so here come the doors, the door just opens here, okay, and she's been restless, maybe that's all. Look, this is a situation we've seen many times besides the passport, for whatever reason, okay, her hands are extended to the left, but she still looks like she needs to get something there in the taxi, she's still sitting there and maybe maybe maybe not It looks like she's being held down possibly by her male occupant oh I can't, your monitors are downstairs, I know they're a lot bigger than mine, but she's got, yeah, he's got his arm around her so he's trying, yes, it looks like she has a cheeky bracelet. she wants to give up he doesn't want her he's trying to keep her from leaving I mean, we can only assume that's what will happen if you love her, set her free, come on, hey, that seems like it, that's what what he is going to do.

If you love her, set her free, yes, yes, they continue fighting for a small gain. She looks like she was. That's why she has her arms up and wipes her face. She is talking more about these two individuals and she is talking to him. He's trying to you know, draw her back in at this point, I wouldn't do that and that creates an even more dramatic situation, so it seems like he doesn't seem like he's doing anything too forceful. I think he's just trying to hold her and say no don't go, she doesn't like that he's trying to hurt her now that she's out, he's okay, now he has his hands out to be okay and she'll do what she was told, exactly what he has done, here comes the Cat Bear at the right time. and she and then she sees he says he's going to no, no, oh, and again maybe they can get to know each other, you know, we know a little bit more about these two, she's trying to keep her hands up, the officers, I think that we are just pushing him away.

I think she hit him because now he's grabbing her, so this is a very conscious dog here, yeah, here we go and this is another both, yeah, both hands up, yeah, just to be sure, yeah, okay, and she falls three times. I don't think she was him, I'm sure she was right, but I think she went several times. I think you're right on that mark. The reason was the Taser and ultimately they are both in custody now they are both handcuffed. K-9 unit on standby. Bell Gardens, well, the Bears Department in terms of intimidation, that's right, that was the decision I made and that once you see something like that, it's very possible that she wanted to give up, we did, that was a perspective different than we just saw him there, we saw him fidgeting throwing objects out of the vehicle and sure enough she wanted to give up and hopefully she's in good shape right now, you know, although she, you know, directed the police in a high speed chase. endangering the public by colliding with another van, possibly injuring the occupants of that vehicle, they shot him with that Taser gun that had a practically point-blank range and moments before that shot, we can see up close that they were cool, no lethal. force and you know we don't know exactly, obviously we saw the picture, but you have to understand that the suspects were being told specifically what to do and they and she were trying and he wasn't and he was more of a threat at that time. point and the show maggie had her hands on her head, he had her locked in a hug, they were telling him to step aside to get away from her too and when they got close to her he started trying to kiss her and continued kissing her while they Officers were approaching just a few feet away and then it was at that point that the officer was able to deploy the Taser there and take the guy down, that's what he does and he leaves.

I don't present a hug. exactly and now he is up and walking, so again it is done, it is a shock, there is no doubt that it is not necessary, he will need any kind of medical attention, that is not clear, the fire will have to approach and check him, since They are not people. that Taser was used against him, so the two suspects in custody again, this

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of transport truck allegedly stolen in Abell Gardens Belvoir in the main agency, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, became involved, they were Following from above, we obtained intelligence information about the suspects. two suspects and that man who was tasered supposedly at least from what they gave us is on parole after stealing another vehicle well he's going back to jail let me certainly he's going back to jail and so is she and I them.

We are not going to be able to share the same cell phone, no, that is love, although the boys stayed with her until the end, yes, it was in vain, although I am serious, this is the end of this chase of an alleged truck Solan transport that ended. here in Montebello in front of this car dealership on Whittier and third both suspects now in custody a traffic collision we can only hope that the person involved in that traffic collision is okay we will take about thirty four and we will be back with more news, more news , but I wonder if they will bring paramedics.

I don't see anyone growing up. You know, this could have been a long time ago. Now they will carry him by taking the photograph of him while Balan walks here. Okay, Sky Fox. news base what would you like us to do here? We have about 25 minutes left but we will stay much longer. We'll probably have to go to another airport to refuel or to the last helicopter here and what she did here what she said I did. Don't copy that base copy, thanks, okay, yeah, that's a horrible

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You know she's going to jail. Yes, I mean no. I don't think they can commit second degree murder on you. I bet you'll get manslaughter. because you're going to turn 15 well, yes