4 in Motor Home Held After 5-Hour Chase
Two men and two boys stole a motor home in Covina early Thursday and led police on a five-hour chase at speeds up to 95 mph until the unwieldy vehicle became stuck on a dirt road in the Mojave Desert, the California Highway Patrol reported.
“I don’t know where they wanted to end up,” said Officer Scott Weldy of the CHP Antelope Valley station.
Timothy Bossart, 24, of Palmdale and Peyton Canary, 18, of Covina were taken into custody, Weldy said. The two boys are also from Palmdale, he said.
The chase, which began in Irwindale, made two loops between the San Gabriel Valley and Palmdale before the motor home got stuck on the second trip through the desert, the CHP said.
Covina police officers sighted the vehicle headed north on the San Gabriel River Freeway in Irwindale about 2 a.m., Weldy said. CHP officers joined the pursuit.
On the second leg of the loop, Bossart--the driver--wound up on Pearblossom Highway, taking back roads until the vehicle got stuck just before 7 a.m. on a dirt road near Fort Tejon Road and 92nd Street East in Littlerock, Faciane said.
The Covina Police Department said the four were being held on suspicion of auto theft, burglary and resisting arrest.
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