Police Pursuit Ends With 4 In Custody In Ft. Lauderdale
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FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Four people, including three juveniles, are under arrest after a police pursuit in Fort Lauderdale.
The four were wanted for a burglary in the 3500 block of SW 12th Court.
Police were on the scene as the burglars left. A chase ensued.
During the pursuit, one person bailed out at US 441 and Sunrise Boulevard.
The other three made it to NW 10th Court and Sunrise Boulevard. That's where they blew two tires.
"Next thing I know, I seen this car coming across towards me," said Cleve Camau. "He jumped the curb, so I ran because he was coming toward me."
Two of the guys then ran into a Family Dollar store. The clerk at the counter saw two of the boys run into the store, followed by police with guns drawn.
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"I was so scared, I just jump the counter and ran outside and I said to this one guy, 'Come on, come on. come on. Let's go outside,' because I didn't know what they were going to do," said the clerk who did not want to release her name.
At first, the clerk was not sure what was going on. When she saw one of the officers had his gun drawn, she got scared.
"Two police come inside, then the third with the gun, pointing inside and said, 'Everybody get out, get out,' and then everybody is running," she recalled.
Everyone made a mad dash for the door. The only people inside were the suspects.
The whole time in the story, surveillance cameras caught the boys trying to look for a hiding spot.
First they tried to slip into the bathroom but it was locked, so they tried to hide behind a stack of soda. That didn't work either. They walked the isles.
Instead of getting away from police, they walked right into them. \
Seconds later, they were cuffed and arrested.
"It was scary," the clerk said. "I didn't know what they did. I think they just didn't go to school and get in trouble. I didn't know they did something big."
Fort Lauderdale detectives are checking to see if they were involved in another crime on Monday.