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.
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.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.-Dean Williams, 20, had removed his winter coat and stripped down to an undershirt by the time officers spotted him on Circle Drive after the crash."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.Call the writer at 636-0366.As the hit-and-run driver jogged away, the owner of a nearby plumbing business followed alongside in a vehicle, telling him "it'll be easier" to give up, Kendall said."He didn't want to listen," Kendall said. "He just wouldn't quit."Williams was calmly walking south on Circle Drive when he was arrested near the 7-Eleven store at Pikes Peak Avenue, police said.The sport utility vehicle - with a damaged front-end and a flat tire on the right, rear side - was returned to the owner, Kendall said.Kendall said the pickup caused $2,000 worth of damage.Williams surrendered without incident, Thomas said."He was just walking down the street like nothing had happened," said police Sgt. Randy Thomas.Police are holding Williams on suspicion of aggravated motor vehicle theft and hit and run.
Call the writer at 636-0366.
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