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# Juvenile arrested after leading police on chase
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/juvenile-arrested-after-leading-police-on-chase/
- Published: 2002-05-23T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:17:53.000Z
- Author: Carolyn Sackariason
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

A juvenile was arrested Monday after he led a Santa Monica Police officer on short car chase through an alley and then on foot.

As a SMPD officer was driving eastbound on Arizona Avenue, a silver Toyota Camary driven by a 14-year-old, sped in front of him while crossing the street through the alley near Euclid Street, Lt. Frank Fabrega said.

Police say the juvenile was initially traveling southbound in the alley at between 35 mph and 40 mph. The speed limit in alleyways is 10 mph.

As the juvenile was crossing Arizona Avenue, he looked directly at the officer and then accelerated to 60 mph, according to police.

The officer gave chase to the driver, who nearly hit trash containers, parked cars and a light pole while reaching speeds up to 70 mph through the alley, Fabrega said. When the driver reached Colorado Avenue, he couldn’t turn because of his high speed and as a result, he crashed into a building.

The juvenile got out of the vehicle and started running east on Colorado, then south on 14th Street. The officer caught up with him and arrested him.

The car the juvenile was driving had been reported stolen on May 16 in the 2000 block of Cloverfield Avenue.

The juvenile was arrested for unlawful taking of a vehicle, failing to yield to an emergency vehicle and resisting arrest. He was booked into the Santa Monica Jail and later released to his mother.

He was taken to a local hospital after he complained of chest pain from hitting the car’s steering wheel when he crashed into the building.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 23, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052302.pdf?ref=smdp.com)