Suspect Car Backs Into Marple Police Vehicle During Failed Getaway In Home Depot Lot: PD

BROOMALL, PA — A suspect vehicle backed into a police car while trying to flee the Home Depot parking lot Tuesday in Broomall, authorities said.

One of the suspects was then caught after he ran into the woods across the street, police said.

The encounter began at 4:41 p.m., when Marple police officers found a wanted person's vehicle in the Home Depot parking lot on Reed Road.

Shortly after, three men entered the vehicle. Officers boxed it in, and the driver reversed into a marked police car, authorities said.

Officers approached and detained two of the men. But the third ran away, police said.

The suspect — Brian Joseph Lashley, 36, of Philadelphia — ran through the parking lot, across Reed Road and into the woods across the street before he was arrested, police said.

All three people were arraigned and placed in the Delaware County Prison after failing to post bail.

Lashley was charged with multiple theft offenses, along with possession of a controlled substance, evading arrest, and fleeing police.

Police did not publicly identify the other suspects or share their charges.

Lashley's bail was set at $55,000. He's set to return to court April 16 for a preliminary hearing.

He didn't have a listed attorney in online court records for Patch to contact on Thursday.