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Oct. 22nd, 2003 11:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
usernamenumberOk, so I've gotta ask: Do any you SC people know this guy?
(from here)
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - A handcuffed man arrested for crashing a stolen car Tuesday morning surprised a California Highway Patrol officer by climbing into his squad car and driving away.
The suspect, 50-year old John Vincent Smith of Santa Cruz, slid into the driver's seat after being arrested around 10:30 am and sped off as the officer was tending to other business outside the car.
The squad car had been left running with the keys in the ignition. A shotgun and AR-15 rifle were also in the car.
"He managed to bring his hands to the front and drive away, leaving the officer at the scene," said CHP spokesman Sam Courtney in nearby Aptos.
Officers retrieved the abandoned CHP car and weapons about two miles away. Smith had driven the car over a steep embankment and fled the damaged police vehicle on foot.
Smith, who stole a Volvo on Oct. 16 and crashed it into the side of a city road Tuesday morning, remains at large. Officers called off the search for the suspect around 1:30 p.m.
"He's a local Santa Cruz resident. We know who he is," Courtney said. "So it's just a matter of time until he's found."
There were no reports of injuries linked to Smith's maneuvers. Smith faces two counts of auto theft and one count of resisting arrest.
Maybe if any of you know him, you can answer the question that is burning on my mind-- is this a guy who gets off on crashing cars or just a really, really bad car thief?
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hanashibeta would say: "ffuny".
(from here)
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - A handcuffed man arrested for crashing a stolen car Tuesday morning surprised a California Highway Patrol officer by climbing into his squad car and driving away.
The suspect, 50-year old John Vincent Smith of Santa Cruz, slid into the driver's seat after being arrested around 10:30 am and sped off as the officer was tending to other business outside the car.
The squad car had been left running with the keys in the ignition. A shotgun and AR-15 rifle were also in the car.
"He managed to bring his hands to the front and drive away, leaving the officer at the scene," said CHP spokesman Sam Courtney in nearby Aptos.
Officers retrieved the abandoned CHP car and weapons about two miles away. Smith had driven the car over a steep embankment and fled the damaged police vehicle on foot.
Smith, who stole a Volvo on Oct. 16 and crashed it into the side of a city road Tuesday morning, remains at large. Officers called off the search for the suspect around 1:30 p.m.
"He's a local Santa Cruz resident. We know who he is," Courtney said. "So it's just a matter of time until he's found."
There were no reports of injuries linked to Smith's maneuvers. Smith faces two counts of auto theft and one count of resisting arrest.
Maybe if any of you know him, you can answer the question that is burning on my mind-- is this a guy who gets off on crashing cars or just a really, really bad car thief?
As
hanashibeta would say: "ffuny".
