Police Chase Stolen Box Truck Through Downtown LA

BURBANK, CA — The driver of a stolen box truck led Los Angeles Police on a meandering chase through the Downtown area and Los Feliz that ended with a foot chase in Burbank Monday morning.

The chase began at 5:17 a.m. when Los Angeles Police Department officers began following the vehicle., said N. Eisenman of the LAPD's Media Relations division.

The driver briefly went on the Hollywood (101) Freeway, but not long enough for California Highway Patrol officers to take over the pursuit, ABC790 reported. The suspect maneuvered erratically through Los Feliz, back into Downtown and past the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, up the Golden State (5) Freeway through Frogtown -- and ultimately into Burbank, where the suspect bailed out of the vehicle.

After a brief foot pursuit, Burbank police took the suspect into custody at 6:18 a.m., Eisenman said.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.