California IN BRIEF : LOS ANGELES : Suspect Halted After Golf Course Chase

A routine jog for three Los Angeles police officers turned into a 1 1/4-mile-long foot, bicycle and golf cart chase that ended with the capture of a suspect in an attempted rape, police said Saturday. Alan Sorkness, Charles Heim and Gary Morgan were out for a training run in the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area about 4:30 p.m. Friday when a 25-year-old woman crawled from thick brush on the side of the jogging path “screaming for help,” Sgt. Joseph Brazas said. The woman told police that she had been jogging when a man dragged her from the path and tried to rape her. As the officers spoke to the woman, she spotted the suspect 200 feet away and the chase began, Brazas said. They ran into Balboa Golf Course, where the officers ran into actor Scott Baio, who loaned them his golf cart. One officer also commandeered a bicycle. Both had to be abandoned finally because of rough terrain, but the suspect was caught in an open field in the undeveloped recreation area, Brazas said. The 16-year-old suspect was taken to Sylmar Juvenile Hall on suspicion of attempted rape.