From Bill Lindelof:
Woodland police want help finding two teens suspected of stealing a 1994 flatbed Chevrolet pickup Wednesday night and then leading officers on a vehicle and foot pursuit.
The incident began when Woodland resident Jim Phipps reported his pickup was stolen about 8:30 p.m. Just after midnight, a Woodland police officer with a dog in his squad car spotted the truck near East Street and Gum Avenue near the Yolo County fairgrounds.
The officer activated his overhead lights and pursued the truck at speeds that never exceeded 50 mph before the three occupants of the vehicle, three males in their late teens, bailed out and started to run. The truck continued to roll before crashing into shrubbery in the 1000 block of Fourth Street.
Two suspects ran into a back yard, but the officer was not able to loose his police dog to aid in their capture because of the presence of a pit bull in the yard.
One of the suspects, a 17-year-old, was taken into custody and, after being interviewed at the police station, was released to his aunt with a notice to appear in court. Police are still looking for two other suspects, about 17 or 18 years old.
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