4 Arrested In Claremont Burglary That Ended In Chase And Crash

CLAREMONT, CA — Police arrested three adults and a teen boy in a Claremont burglary Sunday night that resulted in a freeway pursuit and crash in which the accused's vehicle collided with another car and rolled over, police said.

No injuries were reported from the collision, and Claremont police took the four into custody, police said. The arrested included Dequan Clark, 20, of Lancaster; Jaheim Hickman, 19, of Los Angeles; Bernard Peoples, 23, of Long Beach; and a 15-year-old boy from Hawthorne.

The adults were arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary, burglary and possession of stolen property. The boy was cited and released to his parent.

Hickman and Peoples are currently being held without bail. Clark is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail, according to online jail records from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Police were originally called to the 800 block of Brigham Young Drive around 8 p.m. after receiving a report that three people were carrying baseball bats in the back yard of a home. Officers found a baseball bat in the yard but no signs of people, Claremont police said.

A residential burglary alarm was set off around 20 minutes later in the 4100 block of New Hampshire Avenue — less than two miles away, police said. A white SUV was spotted leaving the area. Officers followed the SUV in an unmarked vehicle, police said.

Claremont police followed the SUV on the westbound 210 Freeway and the southbound 605 Freeway. The California Highway Patrol was called to set up a traffic stop for the SUV, which the SUV evaded, police said.

Police pursued the SUV as it traveled onto the westbound 105 Freeway and attempted to exit at the Bellflower Boulevard freeway exit in Downey when the SUV collided with another vehicle and rolled over, Claremont police said. The SUV's driver attempted to run away; three passengers remained in the SUV. Officers arrested the driver and the three people in the SUV. It's unclear who was the driver.

Police found property in the SUV from the New Hampshire Road house, including a large safe, as well as items believed to be from another house in Chino Hills, police said.