Car stolen a half mile from the SAPD HQ and the thieves got away

Police were looking for two people who fled from a stolen gray 1999 Honda Civic after a short pursuit in Santa Ana on Tuesday afternoon.  The car was reported stolen, at 1:41 p.m. near Tenth Street and Van Ness Avenue (in Ward 5), according to the O.C. Register.

The car was stolen about two blocks north of Santa Ana’s City Hall and half a mile from the Santa Ana Police Department’s headquarters, according to Google Maps.

SAPD officers pursued the car until it stopped by 2300 North Park Boulevard. Then the two suspects, a man and a woman, took off and escaped.  The police called in a helicopter and looked for the criminal couple for over an hour, from the 2300 block of North Broadway to the 2300 block of North Ross Street. The search came up emtpy.

Ward 5 is represented by Santa Ana Councilman Roman Reyna.

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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