Police Catch New York Shoplifters After Chase

Three alleged Brooklyn, NY, thieves failed to get away from police after trying to shoplift a digital camera from Best Buy on Sunday, Eden Prairie announced Monday.

The three suspects were seen taking the camera from the store without paying for it. They fled from police when officers found them in their vehicle leaving Best Buy’s premises. Officers tried to stop the vehicle as it turned north on Flying Cloud Drive, but the driver refused to stop—leading to a police chase.

The chase ended near the intersection of Valley View Road and Prairie Center Drive when an officer executed a “pursuit intervention technique”—a tactic in which a police officer forces a vehicle sideways, causing the driver to lose control.

Two of the suspects tried to run after the vehicle came to a stop, but officers caught them a short time later.

Officers arrested the three suspects—two men and one woman— on suspicion of various offenses including:

• felony theft by shoplifting,
• possession of stolen property,
• fleeing police in a motor vehicle,
• fleeing police on foot and
• possession of shoplifting gear.

Police are investigating further details about the case and will refer it to Hennepin County for charges.

Eden Prairie is not providing further details about the case at this point.

Click here to listen to police scanner audio of the chase, courtesy of Police Clips.