Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Suspected car thief drives past owner

PHOENIX (UPI) -- An Arizona woman was in the process of reporting her stolen car to the police when she saw the vehicle going by on the street.

Police in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa pursued the car and arrested the driver, the Arizona Republic reported.

"I was speaking with the owner when she saw the vehicle driving down the street," an officer wrote in his report on the incident.

The driver, Franklin Chad White, allegedly admitted that he stole the car to have a joyride. The owner told police she did not know him and had not given him permission to drive the vehicle.


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