LOCAL : 2 Escaped Convicts Lead Officers on Fast Chase Through Southland
Two escaped convicts from Michigan led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase from Bakersfield through Orange County to San Pedro before their car, reportedly stolen, ran out of gasoline this morning.
The black Cadillac sped over Interstate 5 at speeds of up to 120 m.p.h. but cruised most of the way to Dana Point at about 70, Los Angeles Police Lt. Tom Scheidecker said. The pair then turned north on Pacific Coast Highway through the beach cities before the 180-mile chase ended about 3 a.m.
It was only after the Cadillac ran out of gas that Los Angeles police officers discovered the pair had escaped from a prison in Pontiac, Mich., Scheidecker said.
A California Highway Patrol unit that had begun the chase was forced to stop for gas in Santa Ana, he said. Officers from other agencies, including the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and police departments in Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Long Beach and Signal Hill, assisted in the chase.
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