Juvenile Leads Easton Police On High-Speed Chase: Report

EASTON, CT — Police apprehended a juvenile accused of larceny after a high-speed chase on Thursday.

At around 6:00 in the morning the Easton Police Department received a call from a Bayberry Lane resident reporting that the vehicles in his driveway had been entered. The person who had entered the cars was still in the neighborhood, according to the resident, who pursued the person for a short distance.

An Easton police officer observed the vehicle traveling south on Route 59. The officer attempted to follow the vehicle as it entered onto the Merritt Parkway heading north, but gave up the chase as the vehicle was moving at a high rate of speed, according to police.

The vehicle was later discovered near the Frenchtown Road overpass, where it had crashed. One person was taken into custody and another had fled the scene on foot and was not apprehended, police said.

Later investigation determined that the vehicle that crashed was reported stolen out of Waterbury on Jan. 27. The person that was apprehended was issued a juvenile summons with the charges of third-degree larceny and simple trespass, and released to the custody of a parent.

"I urge all residents to not leave their keys and valuables in their vehicles, and to make sure they lock their vehicles," Chief Richard Doyle wrote on social media.