Two Teens In Custody On Auto Theft Charges
Release Number: 09-264
Who:
Arrested:
Renard T. Woods (Driver of stolen vehicle)
DOB: 7/6/92
Address: 2721 26th Avenue South - St. Petersburg
Charges:
Grand Theft Auto
Aggravated Fleeing and Eluding
Leaving the Scene of an Accident
No Valid Drivers License
Resisting Arrest Without Violence
Dominic Darrel Smith
DOB: 2/4/94
Address: 232 35th Street North - St. Petersburg
Charges:
Grand Theft Auto
Resisting Arrest Without Violence
Carrying A Concealed Weapon
What: Sheriff's deputies arrested two teens on auto theft charges after the two crashed the stolen vehicle they were driving into a utility pole. No one was hurt. The vehicle was stolen out of the City of St. Petersburg.
Where: Deputies first observed the vehicle at 42nd Avenue and 43rd Street North. The vehicle struck a utility pole at 42nd Avenue and 35th Street North.
When: The incident occurred just before 9:00 p.m. Sunday night, October 25, 2009.
How/Why: While on routine patrol, sheriff's deputies observed a red, Dodge Caravan in the vicinity of 42nd Avenue North and 43rd Street. Deputies had information that the vehicle had been reported stolen to St. Petersburg Police. As a deputy sheriff attempted to stop the van, the vehicle sped away, and within a few blocks struck a utility pole.
Two of the three vehicle occupants were arrested. No one was hurt.
The investigation continues.
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