Three chase suspects identified
By Daily Bruin Staff
Jan. 21, 1997 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 22, 1997
UCPD:
Juvenile offenders have previous criminal recordsBy Frances
Lee
Daily Bruin Contributor
In the wake of the high speed chase which led police through the
freeways during rush hour and back to the UCLA campus last
Wednesday, all three suspects have been identified, university
police said.
The 16-year-old suspect who was arrested last Wednesday night
was arraigned today, and is awaiting a pre-plea report on Feb. 13
at the Inglewood Juvenile Court.
The other two suspects, both juveniles, are in the custody of
their parents, said UCPD Sergeant James Vandenberg.
All three are alleged members of the Wa-Ching gang, and police
confirmed that they have previous criminal records.
According to police reports, the suspects were "cruising around"
parking structures stealing custom parts from modified late-model
Acuras, Toyotas and Hondas last Wednesday night..
Police were alerted to the scene by one of the burglary victims.
Officers responded immediately and began following the suspects’
white Acura Integra around the Sunset Village parking structure and
into Westwood Village.
When officers tried to pull the suspects’ car over for
questioning, they sped off.
The suspects proceeded to lead police on a 15-mile chase through
Westwood Village and south on the San Diego (I-405) freeway to the
Marina (90) freeway and back into the UCLA campus.
A few minutes after re-entering the campus, California Highway
Patrol officers nudged the Integra into a curb, stranding the car
on an island between parking structure four and a parking attendant
kiosk.
Police arrested one of the suspects at the scene. The other two
were later tracked down and identified by UCPD Detective Tony
Duenas.
