Car theft suspect tries to walk his way out of arrest

A man who stole a Ford Explorer, crashed through a business's chain-link fence and took off running Wednesday morning tried to act like he was out for a stroll when officers caught up with him, Colorado Springs police said.

Case Number/Date: 0922-CC10115/July 27, 2011Both Virtel and Taylor said in emails that they could not comment on the case.Tina Morgan, represented by W. Morris Taylor and Scott A. Bailey, of Taylor's Clayton law firm, alleged AmerenMissouri was negligent for failing to de-energize power lines on the abandoned property, failing to keep high-voltage lines high enough and isolated enough to prevent electrocution, failing to detect downed power lines and failing to repair or de-energize downed power lines.Caption: Tina M. Morgan v. Union Electric Co. d/b/a AmerenUEWilliams surrendered without incident, Thomas said.The trouble started about 11:30 a.m. when someone boosted a Ford Explorer that was left running unattended outside a home near East Dale Street and East Hills Road, police said. The car thief drove away, but lost control and slammed into a building in the 400 block of Tia Juana Street in the Knob Hill neighborhood.Court: St. Louis Circuit CourtPolice are holding Williams on suspicion of aggravated motor vehicle theft and hit and run."He hit a curb, blew a tire and took out my fence," said Tom Kendall of Stang's Body Shop at 402 Tia Juana St."He was just walking down the street like nothing had happened," said police Sgt. Randy Thomas.The suspect had removed a Carhart jacket and yellow button-up shirt in an apparent effort to escape attention, but he couldn't help that witnesses got a good look at him during the brief crime spree, Thomas said.Defendant's Attorneys: James J. Virtel and Karen A. Baudendistel, Armstrong Teasdale, ClaytonOne of Morgan's friends heard him scream, saw sparks fly, then saw him fall. Morgan was pronounced dead at the scene.One of Morgan's friends heard him scream, saw sparks fly and then saw him fall. Morgan was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Author: LANCE BENZEL