ANTIOCH — Two males are suspected of burglarizing a house, attempting to outrace police, operating throughout a state freeway and carjacking motorists Wednesday of their unsuccessful bid to get away, police mentioned.
Officers arrested a 42-year-old El Cerrito resident and a 31-year-old Sacramento resident after responding to experiences about 3:10 p.m. from an individual who mentioned a housebreaking was in progress at a house on Durness Court docket. The 2 have been arrested on suspicion of felony housebreaking, conspiracy and reckless evasion of a police officer, in keeping with a press release from Antioch police.
The lady who lived on the dwelling was not there when the housebreaking occurred, police mentioned.
A helicopter from the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Workplace was dispatched in the course of the incident; that unit suggested officers that a again door was shattered and a car had been backed right into a driveway, police mentioned. When officers arrived, the 2 suspects fled in that car, hitting a police automotive alongside the best way, police mentioned.
The officer within the car was not injured.
In response to police, the officers and the sheriff’s workplace helicopter adopted the car because it went onto westbound Freeway 4, the place it hit a guardrail close to the Hillcrest Drive exit. The 2 suspects then exited the car and ran throughout the westbound lanes, over BART tracks after which by means of the eastbound lanes, police mentioned.
After crossing the freeway, the 2 males tried to hijack multiple motorist ready for the visitors gentle on the Hillcrest Avenue exit, police mentioned. The officers chased the pair down and took them into custody on the off-ramp, police mentioned.
Officers later discovered stolen property from the sufferer’s residence within the car that the 2 males deserted, police mentioned.
Each of the lads remained in custody Thursday afternoon on the Martinez Detention Facility in lieu of $150,000 bail.