SUNRISE, Fla. — A suspect was taken into custody Tuesday morning after a vehicle theft ended with the car rolling into a canal in Sunrise, authorities said.
According to Sunrise police, the vehicle theft occurred in the 2900 block of Northwest 60th Avenue.
Police said a perimeter was established by officers and the suspect abandoned the vehicle, which rolled into a nearby canal.
“I saw them, like, abruptly stop. They came zooming from this way and this way. They were trying to corner the guys. I don’t know if they chased him,” Natalie Williams, who lives in the area said.
The suspect, nor any others, ever entered the water, authorities said.
Police confirmed that the suspect was taken into custody.
For Williams, it’s a new day, but the same story.
“Every other like two months always crime, police activity around here,” she said. “The crime has gotten so, so bad here.”
No other details were immediately released.
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