Stolen Vehicle Driver Detained After A Slow-Speed Pursuit That Citizens Attempted to Halt

**** Citizen activity starts after the 14:00 mark, the arrest is around 32:00 The driver of a stolen four-door car was detained and loaded into an ambulance after a pursuit that slowly wound through the San Fernando Valley Thursday night. At one point after the chase reached Encino, having already been underway for more than an hour, several other motorists on the road jumped out of their vehicles and attempted to join in on the action. After the suspect sedan paused for an extended time at a Victory Boulevard intersection, a patrol SUV executed a PIT maneuver, knocking off the car's rear bumper, which remained hanging by a thread until the chase ended more than an hour later. The pursuit continued at glacial speeds - perhaps 5 to 10 mph - through a nearby residential neighborhood with three police vehicles close behind. After winding around the neighborhood for about five minutes, the car ran over a spike strip deployed by an awaiting police unit. But the light-colored sedan continued inching forward. At one point, as the driver had encountered more traffic shortly before 11:30 p.m., another driver got out of his vehicle and began dancing for the broadcast helicopters overhead. Police were attempting to hold back traffic in the area, but one citizen vehicle that appeared to be a BMW attempted to block the pursuit vehicle in. The citizen was unsuccessful, and the chase continued. But a moment later, a man got out of his car and began kicking the pursuit vehicle, the began chasing the pursuit on foot. The BMW from before could also be seen driving in front of the suspect car, still attempting to block it in, and its driver also jumped out of the vehicle to join in the kicking. Eventually, at 11:42 p.m., officers successfully cornered the pursuit vehicle near the intersection of Ventura Boulevard and Gloria Avenue. A crowd of people gathered to watch as the driver was handcuffed. The suspect appeared to be having difficulty breathing as officers sat him down on a curb, and he was taken away in an ambulance.

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