#police-pursuit

#police-pursuit

Christopher Joel Fitzgerald was driving through the Willow Road and University Avenue intersection on Oct. 1 at 2:20 a.m. when all four of the tires of his 2019 Ram truck were punctured by a spike strip, according to the claim he submitted to the city. Fitzgerald said the spike strip was left unattended when he drove through it and is now asking for $1,519, according to his claim.

A fatal stabbing occurred in front of the Downey Library around 9:40 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13. A man unrelated to the stabbing investigation then stole an ambulance that was parked at the scene on Saturday morning, leading police on a pursuit that ended in a crash in Alhambra, according to the Downey Police Department. The stabbing was reported in front of the Downey Library at 11121 Brookshire Avenue, where authorities declared a male with a stab wound dead at the scene.

A man was arrested after stealing a car in East Los Angeles with three children inside, then crashing it in Malibu during a police pursuit Friday evening, officials confirmed. The car, a light-colored sedan, was left running with three children inside at a 7-Eleven on East Olympic Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. A stranger jumped inside the idling vehicle and took off at around 6:38 p.m.

A naked, unhinged man jumped into a small dinghy at a Manhattan marina Saturday and took off in the Hudson River before jumping onto a moored catamaran.

Following the police's attempt to pull over a car on June 9, four 17-year-old boys were arrested after crashing and injuring several individuals during their escape.