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Possible stolen truck seen speeding near Van DykeDetroit MI

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Gratiot Ave & Van Dyke St, Detroit, MI 48213

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch audio captured a possible stolen older model tan or pewter Chevy Silverado driving recklessly and speeding southbound on Gratiot Avenue near Van Dyke Street and Boulevard in Detroit. The vehicle was reported to have a loud exhaust and was possibly related to a prior bulletin regarding a stolen 2009 Silverado. Officers in the area were attempting to locate or stop the vehicle as it continued toward Mount Elliott.

Audio|Heard on: Wayne MI Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:30
Transcript:
00:00
Southbound Gratiot looks like coming up to Van Dyke.
00:02
You got an older model tan Chevy Silverado.
00:06
He's doing 80 plus.
00:08
I don't know if anybody's down that way that maybe can stop him see what's going on.
00:12
But he's flying through.
00:16
Are we ready?
00:19
We have anybody in the area there?
00:23
Which way you think he's headed now?
00:27
I can barely see him.
00:28
He's pretty distance out of me.
00:29
It's kind of like that pewter color, light tan color Chevy Silverado.
00:34
Pretty loud exhaust.
00:35
He came by me when I was on my special pension at near Prince's Liquor.
00:38
He's still southbound probably by Boulevard.
00:46
Somewhere, so I'm at the Gratiot and Chene.
00:50
Okay, on that call he says it's a Silverado.
00:53
Say it has a loud exhaust there.
00:57
11-5 Adam, just for officer safety, they just had broadcast message on town for stolen vehicle for Chevy Silverado 2009.
01:06
That may be the vehicle there.
01:10
And maybe the vehicle, it's like that pewter color, and it's about all nine years.
01:15
So that might be it.
01:16
You guys got a plate on that?
01:19
(number withheld).
01:25
I can still see him.
01:26
He's through Mount Elliott.
01:27
He's a good distance ahead of me.
01:28
He's going to be coming up on motor two any minute now.

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Gratiot Ave & Van Dyke St, Detroit, MI 48213

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