Police chase in Arcadia

Police chased an Arcadia man in a stolen vehicle around southern Arcadia Wednesday afternoon. Shortly after losing him, the driver crashed into another vehicle on Holly Avenue at the intersection of Warren Way, allowing another police officer, who happened to be nearby, to apprehend the driver and his passenger from Duarte, 32-year-old Terry Adam Hulett, who is on parole. The driver of the stolen vehicle is identified as 37-year-old David Charles Phillips, who is 37 years old and resides in Arcadia.

According to Arcadia police, an officer with a Multi-Jurisdictional Anti-Crime Task Force attempted to make a traffic stop on a suspected stolen vehicle in the area of Sixth Avenue and Longden Avenue at 3:12 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013. The vehicle fled, and a pursuit was initiated. The pursuit continued on several different residential streets in the area.

An Arcadia Police Officer joined the pursuit in the area of Santa Anita and Las Flores Avenues. When the pursuit was going westbound on Woodruff Avenue, from El Monte Avenue, it was terminated. The officers lost sight of the stolen vehicle traveling westbound on Woodruff Avenue. A short time later, the stolen vehicle crashed into a vehicle traveling southbound on Holly Avenue at the intersection of Warren Way. Another officer happened to be traveling southbound on Holly Avenue, just north of the collision, and the suspects were quickly taken into custody. Both suspects had minor injuries that were checked at the hospital, and they are currently in custody in our jail. One occupant from the southbound vehicle was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

Driver Phillips was charged with violations of CVC 2800.2(a) – Evading a Peace Officer and CVC 10851(a) – Theft of a Vehicle, and his bail is $75,000. The passenger was Terry Adam Hulett, who is 32 years old and resides in Duarte. Hulett is on parole and he was charged with violation of CVC 10851(a) – Theft of a Vehicle. A parole hold was placed on Hulett, who was charged with violation of CVC 10851(a) – Theft of a Vehicle.

— By Scott Hettrick