04/26/2018 – Owasso Police officers were dispatched to a report of suspicious people in the area old town around 4:30am Thursday.
04/28/2018 – Reports were of one subject reportedly sitting in a pickup while two others were walking in the area on foot. An officer arrived in the area and located the pickup with the occupant inside while other officers canvassed the area looking for the subjects who had been seen on foot.
An officer observed a silver Jeep fail run a stop sign at 800 North Elm and accelerate rapidly at a high rate of speed. The officer attempted to catch up to the Jeep to initiate a traffic stop, but the vehicle quickly turned onto a dead end street (North Elm). As the officer turned onto the street after the Jeep, he observed a man exit the vehicle and run away. After a short foot pursuit, the man was apprehended and identified as a 17 year old male.
The officers made contact with the registered owner of the Jeep, who was unaware that his vehicle had been stolen from his driveway until being
contacted by the officers. Two other auto burglaries were discovered in the area and investigators are working to determine If they are related.
The victim of the theft posted this to Owassoisms Facebook page on Thursday:
