Pursuit Of Three Teen Burglary Suspects Ends In Crash At Coral Springs Building

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) - The pursuit of three would-be burglary suspects ended when the car they were in crashed into two vehicles, including a Coral Springs squad car, and then into a building in Coral Springs overnight.

According to Coral Springs police around 3 a.m. they received a call about three teens pulling on vehicle door handles in the 4800 block of Kensington Circle.

When officers arrived, they met with the person who made the call and saw the suspects driving off. Police said in their effort to escape, they struck a police cruiser with an officer inside. Investigators say they also hit a mailbox.

"He said please go back inside, somebody just hit our car and ran into your mailbox," said Jill McCarthy who lives on the block. "It literally sounded so loud. I mean they ripped the mailbox right out of the cement, so I thought someone hit the corner of our house."

One of the cars the teens broke into belonged to her.

"They had thrown the masks all on the other seat. So they had been in there for quite a few minutes because that whole thing was empty," she said.

Officers chased after the suspects. It came to an end when the driver hit another vehicle and crashed into a building in the 4200 block of Coral Ridge Drive.

Two of the teens were immediately taken into custody. The third was taken into custody a short time later.

The driver has been charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer.