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Stolen Car Chase, Crash Started At School
by Thomas MacMillan And Paul Bass | Mar 12, 2010 7:18 am
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(Updated 7:48 a.m.) After smashing into two vehicles and attracting the attention of the FBI, a 15-year-old boy bailed out of the stolen car he was driving and led police on a foot chase that left one cop injured.
The incident began around 2 p.m. Thursday at Wilbur Cross High School.
A white car had been reported stolen there earlier in the day. At 2 o’clock, two officers assigned to the school noticed the car on the premises—and a 15-year-old boy behind the wheel. They approached him.
“He was a former student who was not allowed to go back into building,” said Lt. Joseph Witkowski.
The teen reacted by driving onto the sidewalk—and nearly hit the officers and students gathered there, according to a police report.
He then drove away. The cops chased after him. The teen allegedly hit a couple of cars nearby around Anderson Street..
An FBI agent happened to be in the area at the time, according to Lt. Rebecca Sweeney. He heard the crash. He followed behind the teen.
The teen drove to Whitney Avenue and Canner Street. He crashed into a tree there, then fled on foot, according to Sweeney.
Just his luck—he ran by four cops working an extra-duty job by a construction site on Prospect. The four cops joined the FBI agent in the chase and caught the kid.
At around 2:30 p.m., a dozen police officers and six cruisers were gathered on Edwards Street between Whitney Avenue and Prospect Street. The 15-year-old, in jeans and a red T-shirt, stood against a police car in handcuffs. He was later moved to a squad car.
One officer, Arpad Tolnay (pictured below), injured his knee in the chase. He was seen at the Hospital of St. Raphael and subsequently released, Sweeney said.
The teen was charged with criminal attempt to assault a police officer, reckless endangerment, engaging cops in a pursuit, and possessing a stolen vehicle. He was held in the juvenile lock-up on Whalley Avenue. Sunday is the boy’s 16th birthday.
It was a busy Thursday afternoon for the police. The chase incident happened around the same time as an unrelated report of shots fired near Hillhouse High School, across town. The school went into lockdown mode briefly. (Story here.)
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posted by: Jeffrey Kerekes on March 11, 2010 5:51pm
Good work!
posted by: DKR on March 11, 2010 6:07pm
well,..mister john q public,..where are all the negative comments about cops working,..or shall i say trying to make a living,.. working extra duty….what you saw here today were cops,..being cops,..doing their job..!!!! so the next time you drive by one of us at an extra duty job and we appear to be doing nothing,...just remember,..ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN AT ANYTIME, ANYWHERE,....so we are never really doing nothing,.WE ALWAYS NEED TO AND ARE PAYING ATTENTION,...to what is going on around us..!!!!! GREAT JOB GUYS,..!!!!
posted by: more to add on March 11, 2010 6:16pm
don’t forget to mention that the car was NOT HIS haha it was stolen from a Wilbur Cross HS security guard.
posted by: Wilbur Cross? on March 11, 2010 8:40pm
“Former student”, eh? Slick. How is Wilbur Cross doing with the “bring back the order” campaign? They suspended a few hundred kids in January for wandering the halls, not going to class, and using electronic devices. So everything is orderly, calm, and scholarly, right? Right? How about a NHI follow up article in advance of the “big news” on Monday of which schools will be “turned around”. Any betters they don’t have the cojones to fix this huge dropout factory? That would mean the “leaders” of New Haven Public Schools would have to do some real work. Seriously, bets that Cross won’t get the “turnaround” treatment?
posted by: A.Tolnay on March 11, 2010 9:00pm
Like I have been saying (and agree with DKR) This city is and continues to be a Liviable City where despite the crime rate their is a sense of security..and NOT because of City Hall and the non-apreciation for our services but because we still have great cops who are dedicated to doing their service and protecting the people of this city despite the criticism of a “few” yet “chosen” residents of the city. Great Job on the part of the extra duty officers that chose to run to the location and apprehend a criminal at large.
If your city and their administration wont appreciate your actions I certainly do and know that your fellow cops always do.
posted by: Pioneer on March 11, 2010 10:14pm
The world’s finest did a great job, I applaud them for that. I, for one, never really believed in video games affected kids too much, but it is obvious that this teen’s Grand Theft Auto game should be confiscated :D
posted by: streever on March 12, 2010 8:46am
Good work! Sorry about the officer who injured his knee: hope it’s not persistent.
posted by: louis on March 12, 2010 10:18am
Arpad: hope you get well soon, and nice work. There is no denying it… we’re getting old.
posted by: Jace on March 20, 2010 8:03pm
Man, just glad no one died in the chase. Things like this can really turn out bad, just thank God nothing bad happened. Kind of crazy the FBI joined the chase.
posted by: Auto insurance on April 5, 2010 4:24pm
Greetings!
Really its bad thing for a 15 year old boy and the stolen car too and I appreciate a police officers approach and good stuff I found in your article…
