Teens Lead Martinez Officers On 13-Mile Chase: Police

MARTINEZ, CA — Three juveniles were arrested Sunday in unincorporated Contra Costa County after allegedly leading Martinez police on a 13-mile chase in a stolen car. The white Honda sedan that was involved in the chase had been reported stolen in a carjacking Monday, Nov. 19 in Oakland, police said in a social media post.

At 4:15 p.m. Sunday, Martinez police received a notification when an automated license plate reading — LPR — camera on Alhambra Avenue captured an image of a plate from the stolen Honda. Martinez officers found the white Honda headed north on Alhambra near John Muir Road; police tried to pull the car over there, but the driver of the Honda instead led police onto state Highway 4 about three-quarters of a mile away and headed west toward Hercules.

The chase went briefly onto Hercules streets before the Honda got back onto Highway 4, this time headed back east. A few miles east of Hercules, just west of the Franklin Canyon Golf Course, the white Honda hit a curb, destroying its right front tire in the process. The car came to a stop there, and the three boys — two are 16 years old and one is 15 — were arrested, police said.

No one was injured during or after the chase, police said.

Details about whether any of the three boys were suspects in the original Oakland carjacking were not immediately available.

By Bay City News Service; Patch editor Maggie Avants contributed to this report.

Photo via Martinez Police Department Facebook page