Crime & Safety
14 Catalytic Converters, Gun Recovered After Car Chase
Police said two teens trying to steal a catalytic converter at a Glendora movie theater led officers on a chase Saturday afternoon.
GLENDORA, CA — Two teenagers attempted to steal a catalytic converter at a movie theater in Glendora, triggering a vehicle pursuit and the eventual recovery of 14 stolen catalytic converters as well as a loaded handgun and the tools used to cut the converters from vehicles, authorities said Saturday.
Officers were dispatched at about 11:50 p.m. Friday to a parking structure near AMC Glendora 12 at 1337 E. Gladstone St., where they located a suspect vehicle leaving the area, the Glendora Police Department reported.
An attempted traffic stop triggered a chase that eventually stopped in Azusa, in the middle of the road in the 800 block of South Cerritos Avenue, police said.
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The two teenage suspects fled the vehicle and were quickly arrested without incident.
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